Orleans Parish Inmate Escape 2025 is once again facing scrutiny after ten (initially reported and eleven) inmates, including individuals charged with violent crimes, escaped from the facility early Friday morning, May 16, 2025. The escape triggered a full lockdown and set off a massive citywide search, with authorities warning the public to remain vigilant as […]
A coalition of local activist groups is escalating its weekly demonstrations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in downtown New Orleans, protesting what they describe as the agency’s role in human rights abuses and political repression both locally and abroad. The rallies, organized by the Nola 4 Palestine coalition, will continue […]
Louisiana law enforcement agencies may soon be carrying out duties usually reserved for federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforement (ICE) agents. On Thursday, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order launching “Operation GEAUX,” directing state law enforcement agencies to “explore, and where appropriate, enter into” agreements with the Department of Homeland Security under […]
A Louisiana judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against two of the five Louisiana State Police officers indicted in the fatal 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.
Audio released by the Associated Press (AP) shows the Louisiana State Trooper who beat Ronald Greene with a flashlight, tased him, and punched him during his fatal arrest tried to portray himself as a frightened victim to investigators.
In what must be called a breath of fresh air, a new Louisiana Senate seven member advisory panel is launching a long-overdue investigate surrounding complaints that numerous members of the Louisiana State Police (LSP) have historically used excessive force against Black men. The swift action by State Senate President Page Cortez to establish the Senate […]
Carl Cavalier, a 33 year- old Black Louisiana State trooper who had the courage to accuse fellow troopers of covering up the murder of 49-year-old Ronald Greene, has been notified he faces termination from his job for leaking internal state police records. Earlier this year, Cavalier told WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge that other officers conceived […]
In a recent news conference, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Lamar A. Davis, a Black man himself, discussed police reforms, directly addressing Ronald Greene's death and Lieutenant John Clary, one of the officers on the scene of Greene's death. Besides the death of Greene, two more incidents bear notice. In May, 2019, Aaron Larry Bowman […]
At a news conference held today at the State Capitol, the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus has prepared a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) undertake a "full scale top-to-bottom practices and patterns investigation" of the Louisiana State Police. LLBC Chair State Rep. Ted James requested the federal […]
In a scathing joint statement released Thursday the NAACP, ACLU of Louisiana, VOTE, ADL South Central Region, Urban League of Louisiana, and the VERA Institute for Justice issued a statement calling on Gov. John Bel Edwards to implement independent, third-party oversight of the Louisiana State Police (LSP) following the release of horrific footage of the […]
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