Jul 7, 2016

Members of the African-American community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mourned the death of Alton Sterling with vigils and protests this week. Bearing signs with slogans such as #BlackLivesMatter and #NoJusticeNoPeace, many gathered near the Triple S Food Mart where Sterling was shot by a police officer on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation.

: Protesters dance on the hood of a car as traffic backs up near the convenience store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed, July 6, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 5, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Protesters dance in the street near the convenience store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed, July 6, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 5, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: A photo of Alton Sterling and his family is displayed at a memorial outside the Triple S Mart on July 7, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Attorney L. Chris Stewart passes by a memorial for Alton Sterling after speaking to the media in front of the Triple S Mart on July 7, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Stewart and fellow attorneys are representing Alton Sterling’s family, Quinyetta McMillon and 15 year-old son Cameron Sterling, after Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: (L-R) Attorneys Dale Glover, L. Chris Stewart and Justin Bamberg speak to the media in front of the Triple S Mart on July 7, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bamberg, Stewart and Glover are representing Alton Sterling’s family, Quinyetta McMillon and 15 year-old son Cameron Sterling, after Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: People hold hands and raise them up in the air at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Protestors from the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: A man bows his head in prayer at the start of a news conference by “Together Baton Rouge”, regarding the recent shooting of Alton Sterling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside a convenience store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Protestors carry an American flag chanting “all lives matter” as they congregate at N. Foster Dr. and Fairfields Ave., the location of the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: People bow their heads in prayer at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: A person holds up a bible at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Cameron Sterling, son of Alton Sterling, is comforted by hands from the crowd at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police outside the store where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Jordan Nuerenberg holds up a sign encouraging motorists to honk outside the Triple S convenience store during a rally after Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed Tuesday, in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded police killing of Sterling, who authorities say had a gun as he wrestled with two white officers on the pavement outside a convenience store. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Stephanie McDee, who said she is a local blues singer, sings a song and protests at a makeshift memorial for Alton Sterling, outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police outside the store where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Photos of Alton Sterling are interspersed with flowers and mementos at a makeshift memorial in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the convenience store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: A brass band marches through the street after a vigil for Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed during a scuffle with police officers, outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. In a swift move by authorities to keep tensions from boiling over, the U.S. Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded killing of Sterling, who was shot as he scuffled with two white police officers on the pavement outside the convenience store. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Artist Jo Hines spray paints a mural of Alton Sterling outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Cameron Sterling, left, Alton Sterling’s son, cries, as his mother Quinyetta McMillan speaks about the shooting of Alton Sterling during a press conference and protest at city hall Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday outside a store where he was selling CDs. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

In a separate incident in Minnesota, an African-American man named Philando Castile was killed in his car by a police officer while he reached for his license and registration. Both incidents were captured on video, leading to nationwide protests.

Louisiana remembers Alton Sterling

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