'No charges' for two white cops in US shooting

The US Department of Justice reportedly decided not to charge two white officers who shot and killed a black man in Louisiana last summer.

Video footage appearing to show the officers holding down Alton Sterling as they fired their weapons sparked days of protests in Baton Rouge. News of the decision leaked to US media on Tuesday before the city mayor or the Sterling family had been told.

The decision may not be the final legal chapter in a case that reverberated far beyond Louisiana's capital.