Police shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile spark...

Just one day after the fatal July 5 police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, another African-American man is dead after a police shooting in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

A graphic video appears to show the moment that a police officer fatally shot Alton Sterling, 37, early Tuesday outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge. Protests have since erupted at the scene of the shooting with protesters chanting "Black lives matter" and "No justice, no peace."

In a separate police shooting on Wednesday, Philando Castile, 32, was pulled over because his vehicle had a broken taillight, according to his girlfriend in a viral live video that captured footage of the incident. The video has received over 2 million views and the aftermath of both shooting incidents have sparked outrage on social media and the trending topics #WarOnUS, #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile on Twitter.

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Police shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile spark outrage on social media