Tell Al Sharpton to stay away.
Via WBRZ:
A Louisiana woman says she doesn't want the death of her son's father, a black man killed by white police officers, to "be a race thing."
Quinyetta McMillon wouldn't say, however, whether she believes police would have treated Alton Sterling the same way had he been white.
McMillon told The Associated Press on Friday that she is grieving with the families of five police officers who were killed by a Dallas sniper during a march to protest Sterling's death.
"Now, I'm walking a mile with them. We're bearing the same shoes right now," McMillon said.
Sterling, 37, was killed Tuesday during a struggle with two officers outside a Baton Rouge convenience store where he was selling CDs.
Sterling was black; both officers are white. Cellphone video of his shooting was posted online, setting off angry protests, and the Justice Department swiftly agreed to open a civil rights investigation.
Police say Sterling was armed. A witness said police later pulled a gun from his pocket. McMillon said she didn't know Sterling to carry a gun and doesn't believe he had one with him that night.
"I do not believe in my heart that there was a gun," she said, suggesting that police said he was armed "to cover up something." She called the federal investigation a "very positive step."
HT: Indy 1826