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By Cain Burdeau and Rebecca Santana Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A steady stream of mourners filed past the casket of Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man who was shot to death by two white police officers as he was pinned to the pavement outside a convenience store. The grieving paused Friday in front of Sterling's open casket, which was adorned with music notes and a smiling photo of the man. Sterling was selling CDs outside the store, as he had done for years, when he was killed by police responding to a call of a man threatening someone with a gun. One mourner wore a T-shirt that said "No Justice, No Peace" on the back of it. Another carried a poster board sign saying: "Black America I'm Sorry!!" Sterling's death was captured on cellphone video and circulated widely on the internet. His death, along with another fatal police shooting in Minnesota last week, sparked protests over the treatment of blacks by police. Sterl...

by  Dylan Byers Erica Garner, the daughter of the African-American man who died after being placed in a chokehold by New York City police, was reportedly seen shouting after ABC News did not give her the opportunity to ask a question at a town hall event with President Obama on Thursday. "I was railroaded! I was railroaded by ABC on the two-year anniversary of my father's death!" Garner could be heard yelling, according to the pool report from the event. Garner said she'd been offered a chance by ABC News to ask the president a question but did not get to do so: "They liars," she could be heard saying, according to the television pool tape. "They got us all the way down here." The town hall, titled "The President and the People: A National Conversation," was moderated by "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir. It will air Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN and several of Disney's digital platforms. In a...

Nashua, NH By  Jason Claffey   Nashua, NH — A man playing Pokémon Go in search of virtual creatures in Nashua Thursday stumbled across a dead body floating in a brook, police said. The grisly discovery was made in Salmon Brook at Rotary Park in downtown Nashua. That area has a "Pokestop" where players congregate. Subscribe to Nashua news alerts The man called police at about 2 p.m. "Apparently the person ... was playing this Pokémon game, which led him to an obscure spot," Nashua police Lt. Robert Giggi told reporters. "That's how he came across the victim." The victim was an adult man, Giggi said. Police were working to identify him. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday. Pokémon Go is a wildly popular augmented reality game that has players search the physical world to capture virtual creatures. It has quickly become the most popular video game on the planet, reportedly exceeding 8 million downloads and counting since i...

The death toll continued to climb Friday as forensics teams combed the scene where a truck driver mowed down dozens revelers out for a fireworks display on the French seaside. Police confirmed to NBC News that 84 people were now confirmed dead following the attack in the coastal city of Nice. Bastille Day celebrations were transformed into scenes of chaos and carnage after the large white truck careered down the packed promenade. People were knocked down and thrown about like bowling pins and blood stained the pavement. Sirens and screams filled the air.  Get More at NBC News  Follow us:  @newenglandsun on Twitter |  New England Sun Times on Facebook Source:   US and World News | NECN    

A Black police chief reveals startling connections between the Ku Klux Klan and law enforcement in Wednesday’s CNN Town Hall “Black, White, and Blue: America 2016” on race and police brutality. Kinloch, Missouri police chief Col. K.L. Williams does not shy away from accusations claiming that the KKK has been infiltrating police departments around the country. X “When you graduate from that police academy, I guarantee, that you will be indoctrinated in a philosophy that if you don’t toe the line you are going to have some problems,” says Williams. “If you think that racism and white supremacy is not involved in police departments, you better check yourself.” The Missouri top cop adds, “The KKK has been involved in law enforcement from when it started.” Visit us on Facebook

By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing. Last month, the Obama administration accused Donald Trump of undercutting American legitimacy in the eyes of the world. Trump’s call to ban Muslims wasn’t just morally wrong, according to Vice President Joe Biden, it called “into question America’s status as the greatest democracy in the history of the world.” President Obama followed Biden by asserting that Trump’s rhetoric “doesn’t reflect our democratic ideals,” saying “it will make us less safe, fueling ISIL’s notion that the West hates Muslims.” His point was simple—wanton discrimination in policy and rhetoric undercuts American legitimacy and fuels political extremism. This lesson is not limited to Donald Trump, and it applies as well abroad as it does at home. Last week, 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson murdered five police officers in Dallas. This abhorrent act of political extre...