Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man, was killed by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minnesota on Wednesday, July 6.
DeRay McKesson, a prominent activist in the Black Lives Matter movement, was freed after being arrested at a Baton Rouge protest on Saturday night.
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man was shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police Department officers on Tuesday, July 5, prompting discussions on police killings of African-Americans.
On Tuesday, July 5th, a man by the name of Alton Sterling was shot point blank by two police officers in front of a convenience store, and the world watched through the lens of a passerby in a car, who recorded the entire encounter.