Which New Orleans elected leader really has the people’s back? Is it Mayor LaToya Cantrell who is making that claim in the midst of the city’s worst crime wave in years, or Councilmember Helena Moreno who just completed almost three years as City Council president and believes “when we all come together, great things can happen”?
However, research shows most people with mental illness are not violent and they are more likely to be victims of crime.
Fierce public housing advocate Sharon Jasper and her supporters are furious over Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s planned removal of Jasper from the board of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO). They call the removal unwarranted and “illegal” because Cantrell failed to initially follow state law which requires a reason for the dismal be provided.
November 16, 2022 will mark the 50th anniversary of the shootings of Leonard Brown and Denver Smith on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge (SU). Both Smith and Brown were unarmed and neither engaged in any acts of aggression that day. Yet, they were shot and killed. It has been 50 years since […]
Editor’s note: Belden Batiste and Eileen Carter filed a petition with the Secretary of State to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The petition has received overwhelming response from New Orleanians voters, many of whom are upset with CantrellÂ’s lack of leadership. The Tribune newspaper recently published an editorial in support of Cantrell. Batiste wrote a scathing […]
As America continues to be the number one country in the world for new incarcerations, we can no longer continue to sit silently in the wake of yet another oppressive and biased War on Drugs.
In February of this year, The Lens Nola published an article entitled After George FloydÂ’s murder, the New Orleans City Council created a committee to hear from ‘historically marginalized communities.Â’ It never met. The committee was formed, in part, as a response to the request by local social justice advocates to examine how the cityÂ’s resources […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an alarming rise in drug abuse, violent crime, and other indicators of collective trauma. Sadly, many of my constituents feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods. And they have good reason. According to NOPD, carjackings are up 47 percent between 2021 and 2022. Homicides are also up more than 51 percent […]
The sun has set on Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s almost two decade reign over Orleans Parish, and has risen over a successor whose presence shatters multiple glass ceilings. Sheriff-elect Susan Hutson will become the first female and first Black female sheriff of Orleans Parish. A leader with a progressive voice and the love of the people, […]
Elections are a great time to talk about issues, particularly ones within the purview of the office being sought. For years, sheriffs, judges, and district attorneys ran on messaging that went without question. Their stances on public safety were accepted as gospel: there was never enough law enforcement, crime is always going up, and they […]
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