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Baton Rouge DA Steps Down from Sterling Case, Is Friends with Cop’s Parents

HeadlineJul 12, 2016

In Baton Rouge, District Attorney Hillar C. Moore has recused himself from the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling. Moore says he has a close relationship with officer Blane Salamoni’s parents. Both of Salamoni’s parents are longtime members of the Baton Rouge Police Department. On Monday, Moore said, “Given the history of a long and close working relationship with the parents of one of the officers involved in this shooting, there would always be questions of my partiality.”

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