On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man was fatally shot several times at close range while held to the ground by two Baton Rouge Police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooting was caught on camera by a witness, sparking protests and riots across the country, reigniting the contentious issues surrounding the police killings of African-Americans. Sterling was reportedly selling CDs outside of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when a homeless person reported that he used a gun to threaten someone outside the convenience store. A civil rights investigation was immediately opened by the Department of Justice following the incident. (Gerald Herbert/AP)