MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Sunday, at least three police officers were killed and several others injured, including one in critical condition, in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The alleged gunman was shot dead by the police.
"In light of the tragedy in Baton Rouge and in the best interests of officer safety, all #BPD patrols will be conducted by two-officer units," the Boston Police Department (BPD) said on its Twitter page on Sunday.
The New Orleans Police Department ordered that at least two squad vehicles, instead of one, should support the colleagues in case of a emergency call, the news outlet said Sunday.
The shootings of African-American Alton Sterling by two policemen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 5 and another African-American man, Philando Castile, who was killed by police in the state of Minnesota the following day, have provoked public outrage across the country. A Black Lives Matter demonstration against police brutality toward African Americans took place in Dallas, Texas, during which five police officers were killed in a sniper attack on July 7.
