Judge Laurie White has ordered Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to transfer inmates to Criminal District Court when requested, in spite of persistent staffing issues at the jail.
In remarks Tuesday to the City Councils Criminal Justice Committee, activist Belden Noonie Man Batiste said that the Council should open an investigation on every New Orleans police officer who was involved in the cover-up during and after the February 2021 altercation between former City Council member Jay Banks and Batiste.
In an 18-page report, the OIPM identified numerous instances where NOPD officials repeatedly attempted to intimidate Batiste, provided preferential treatment to Banks, produced inconsistent reports with multiple errors, omissions and contradictory statements, and covered up conflicts of interest by failing to thoroughly and properly investigate Batistes many well-founded allegations.
Recently the Wall Street Journal printed a headline stating, New Orleans Has Americas No.1 Murder Rate. Were in a Crisis.A headline that not only affects our hospitality industry, but also the safety and psyche of the people who live and work here.
Eileen Carter (center) announces that more than 10,000 Orleans Parish registered voters have signed the petition to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell
The New Orleans Youth Planning Board issued a statement denouncing a federal court ruling allowing Gov. John Bel Edwards' plan to house currently incarcerated youth at Angola - one of the largest maximum security prisons in the country - to move forward.
The elected Constable of Second City Court has confirmed that the man was off duty and working a paid security detail in the French Quarter.
In his ongoing quest to ensure Louisiana women do not have access to safe abortions, Attorney General Jeff Landry convinced a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal to reinstate the trigger ban on abortions on July 29. The ban is expected to take effect almost immediately. The abortion clinics and doctors who are the plaintiffs in the case also have the option to mount an appeal with the Louisiana Supreme Court. Attorneys for the abortion providers were disappointed that the court did not allow them to file opposition to Landrys motion.
After a torturous six day trial and 16 hours of jury deliberations, New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams walked out of federal court a free man today after a jury of his peers found him not guilty on all 10 counts of federal tax fraud. His co-defendant Nicole Burdett, a former law partner, was not […]
Was something illegal going on in the Oval Office? No one, no one is above the law, said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday as the Department of Justice (DOJ) began an investigation of former President Donald Trump. The central issue is whether Trump, in the final days of his administration, committed criminal acts leading […]
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