Photo: Joe Penney/ReutersWashington: Multiple police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were shot on Sunday morning, a department spokesman said, as the country remains on edge about police and community relations. A WFAB reporter at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where the injured officers were taken, said the flag outside was at half staff. The officers were taken to a local hospital, spokesman sergeant Don Coppola said the local CBS affiliate, adding he did not know the extent of their injuries. Two of the officers have died, Baton Rouge’s chief administrative officer told the Advocate newspaper. The reports come a week after a wave of protests against police violence in Baton Rouge and other cities after a 37-year-old father of five was shot and killed at close quarters by law enforcement officers.

Source: Mint July 17, 2016 15:26 UTC