A so-called "takeover" of New Orleans streets by several Baton Rouge car clubs and street racing groups has resulted in outrage from both New Orleans officials and residents after several social media videos showing street racers backing up traffic, blocking police vehicles, and then jumping on them when police attempted to get through went viral on Sunday.
In February of this year, The Lens Nola published an article entitled After George Floyds murder, the New Orleans City Council created a committee to hear from historically marginalized communities. It never met. The committee was formed, in part, as a response to the request by local social justice advocates to examine how the citys resources […]
In an analysis of publicly available 911 data, the Vera Institute of Justice - a nonpartisan group comprised of hundreds of researchers and advocates - found that over 61 percent of 911 calls in New Orleans are for non-criminal situations.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety (DPS) has agreed to spend nearly $1.5 million to hire The Bowman Group to perform an independent external review and assessment of Louisiana State Police (LSP) policies, procedures, practices, training, and culture amid scrutiny over trooper beatings of Black motorists following several high-profile cases.
"Unfortunately, the Superintendent has time to attend parades but no urgency to produce a plan to be part of implementing the necessary changes to make us safe." -JP Morrell, New Orleans City Council Vice President
It was chilly Saturday morning at 2:00 a.m. when my neighbor looked outside and saw a white-haired man with only one leg trying to use his walker as a wheelchair. The man appeared agitated and was being harassed by teenagers. Thinking he could probably take care of himself, my neighbor went back to sleep. About […]
The City of New Orleans is going to need extra help from officers working for other law enforcement agencies to manage next years Mardi Gras festivities. According to a source inside the Cantrell administration, Mayor Cantrell and Chief Shaun Ferguson have already made a decision to establish a single parade route that begins at Napoleon […]
In 2011 then Councilperson Susan Guidry put forth the first cannabis reform ordinance in modern New Orleans history. It allowed New Orleans Police to issue a municipal summons for simple possession of cannabis for first time offenders in lieu of custodial arrest. In 2014 the Louisiana legislature allowed cities to create their own punishments for […]
In an exuberant Facebook post Sunday afternoon, candidate for mayor Leilani Heno said that favors directing the NOPD to focus on violent crime. I am 100% for freeing up our limited police officers from dealing with petty offenses so that they can focus on the serious violent crimes that are simply out of control and […]
The Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) today moved one step closer to their goal of creating a non-police crisis response unit. By unanimous vote, the New Orleans City Council established an advisory task force that will create a model for crisis response. Council President Helena Moreno authored the resolution to create the task force. […]
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