Minorities are "very wary of police and often afraid of them," says Michele Fournet, a veteran Baton Rouge criminal defense lawyer. Consent decreeA Baton Rouge police spokesmen said the department had made significant strides toward improving diversity on its force. Before the killing of three law enforcement officers on Sunday and the fatal shooting of a black man by police earlier this month, Baton Rouge was a city divided between the police and the policed. Law enforcement officers block Airline Highway near the site of a shooting of police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, July 17, 2016. Baton Rouge has been one of America's most crime-plagued cities.

Source: Thanhnien News July 18, 2016 00:11 UTC