And watch the family’s response to the non-indictment for Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake—the Baton Rouge Police Department cops who shot and killed Sterling in July 2016.
Nelson, director of “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” is back with an intriguing history of HBCUs, “Tell Them We Are Rising.” Here, a day after its Sundance debut, he talks about the triumphs and controversies of these still-essential institutions.
Crystal Williams is a chef, but since the storm, she has become an advocate for people at the River Center—even pretending to be an evacuee to get inside.
At one point during the 20-minute Facebook Live video shared with Colorlines, you can hear protestors yelling, ”White people to the front! Allies to the front!”
By Sameer Rao With Additional Reporting by Akiba SolomonJul 11, 20165:16PM EDT
From Baton Rouge to St. Paul to Los Angeles, hundreds hit the streets this weekend to protest the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. There were hundreds of arrests, and, in several faceoffs, demonstrators were knocked to the ground by police and stepped on.