The racial violence against black people worldwide has become more and more pronounced and the police shooting of a black man called Alton Sterling has really brought things to a head.
Sterling was shot while selling bootlegged CDs outside a shop. He was tased and tackled by the police and while he struggled he was shot dead.
The owner of the store Sterling was shot in front of, Abdul Muflahi, said that while he didn’t see a gun on Sterling at the time, he noticed police pull one out of Sterling’s pocket later.
The video of the shooting has been making the rounds on social media with the story trending and many people outraged by it.
You can see the video and the comments made about it on twitter below.
