The shooting, which has triggered outrage and protests since the video began circulating on social media, appears to have been recorded by a witness. An autopsy determined that Sterling, a black man, died from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back, according to CNN.
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Kaepernick, whose mother is white and father is black, writes in his post with the graphic video: “This is what lynchings look like in 2016! Another murder in the streets because the color of a man’s skin, at the hands of the people who they say will protect us. When will they be held accountable? or did he fear for his life as he executed this man?”
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The Department of Justice has opened a civil-rights investigation into the incident that, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department, began with officers responding to a 911 call alleging that that a man selling CDs in a store parking lot had threatened the caller with a gun, NBC News reported.
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The two officers involved have been placed on administrative leave, according to multiple reports.
