Three Baton Rouge Police Officers Killed (2016)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News, Public Affairs
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2016-07-22
Duration: 00:07:52
Subjects: Shooting of Baton Rouge police officers, 2016 | Mass shootings | Police murder | Baton Rouge Police Department | East Baton Rouge Parish (La.). Sheriff's Office | Law Enforcement
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Crews, Keith Photographer
- Gautreaux, Sid Speaker
- Dabadie, Carl Speaker
- Edwards, John Bel Speaker
- Obama, Barack Speaker
- Chambers, Gary Interviewee
Description
This segment from the July 22, 2016, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s report on the shooting of six Baton Rouge police officers on July 17th in an ambush by a gunman from Kansas City, Missouri. Whinham reports that three officers were killed and three others were wounded. This report includes: a remembrance of the fallen officers, Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald of the Baton Rouge Police Department and Brad Garafola of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office; East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie, and Governor John Bel Edwards speaking at a press conference following the shooting; highlights from President Barack Obama’s address to the nation following the shooting; an interview with Gary Chambers, the publisher of the Rouge Collection and a family friend of Alton Sterling; and highlights from vigils in Baton Rouge.