Attorneys for Alton Sterling’s children sent a letter Wednesday to Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie demanding that the two officers involved in Sterling’s fatal shooting last July be fired. Hours later, Broome joined the family in the call for discipline, agreeing that one of the officers, Blane Salamoni, be terminated.
“I believe they should be removed from paid administrative leave and disciplined consistent with the severity of their actions. In Officer Salamoni’s case, this warrants termination,” Broome wrote in reply to the Sterling family.
She said she will be personally calling on Dabadie to do just that.
“While I do not have the direct authority to terminate these officers, Chief Dabadie does,” Broome’s letter says. “I understand and respect the need for fairness and due process, but the process has gotten us here.”
Both officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by the Department of Justice earlier this month.