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Chris LeDay, Who Posted Alton Sterling Video, Still Prevented from Returning to Work

HeadlineJul 26, 2016

And Chris LeDay, the man who posted a Facebook video showing the police killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says he still hasn’t been allowed to return to work. Three weeks ago, the day after posting the video, LeDay was arrested, shackled, jailed and ultimately charged for outstanding traffic fines. Now officials on the Dobbins Air Force Base, where LeDay has worked as a technician, are saying his arrest had led to issues with his security clearance that are preventing him from returning to work. This is Chris LeDay speaking on Democracy Now! after his arrest.

Amy Goodman: “So, are you sorry you posted the video of the police killing of Alton Sterling?”

Chris LeDay: “Not at all, because the main thing—the main thing I wanted to do was try to help the Sterling family get justice, and use my platform to put these cops on display. I think it was an atrocity, and they handled it wrong. It was a clear-cut case of murder, in my opinion, even though I’m not an expert. But I saw his kid crying, you know, his son crying on television, and that really broke my heart, because, you know, I have three children.”

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