Officer appeals firing in Alton Sterling's fatal shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A white police officer who shot and killed a black man during a struggle outside a Baton Rouge convenience store has appealed his firing over the deadly confrontation nearly two years ago.
An attorney for the former officer, Blane Salamoni, says he filed the appeal with a civil service board Thursday.
Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul fired Salamoni on March 30, less than a week after Louisiana's attorney general ruled out state criminal charges in Alton Sterling's July 2016 shooting death.
Salamoni shot Sterling six times after he and a second white officer, Howie Lake II, wrestled Sterling to the ground. Lake, who didn't fire his gun, was suspended three days.