By Jim Mustian/Associated Press | WWL-TV | May 24, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene falsely told internal investigators that the Black man was still a threat…
By Olivia Vidal | WVUE | May 20, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans City Council is looking at several ordinances and a motion that would fully decriminalize simple possession of marijuana. Something Council President Helena Moreno said would help NOPD officers focus more on violent crimes. But opponents to the motion…
By Paul Murphy | WWL-TV | May 19, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana House has rejected a bill to tax the sale of pot. The bill’s author, Rep. Richard Nelson, then tabled a separate measure that created the legal framework to sell and possess recreational marijuana. The Mandeville republican said while…
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | May 13, 2021 In New York, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit and even Jackson, Mississippi, crime and police reform have emerged as the go-to issues in the many 2021 races for mayor across the U.S. As New Orleans’ crime rate continues to escalate and the federal consent decree lingers…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | May 12, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Homicide cases are surging, up 108 percent from two years ago. “It’s sad when you hear about shootings especially night after night in New Orleans,” says Ken Caron. Every unsolved violent crime, like homicides, creates the potential for…
By Morgan Lentes | WDSU | May 10, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — On Monday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was joined by NOPD Superintendent Sean Ferguson and Saints player Cam Jordan to announce the expansion of a new training program for police officers. The program began with 10 NOPD officers, who received…
By Amanda Roberts | WVUE | May 10, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Neighborhood handy man Bert Skidmore can do nothing but shake his head at what brought him to this project. “It could’ve been a lot worse but like I said what are we going to do about it,” said Skidmore.…
By Kenny Kuhn | MSN/WWL-Radio | May 5, 2021 New Orleans has a big problem on its hands when it comes to police staffing according to an NOPD watchdog. Violent crime in New Orleans continues to plague the city despite the New Orleans Police Department hiring 1,100 new police officers. However, the President of the…
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | May 4, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — Three days after he was booked in the fatal hit-and-run that took the life of construction worker Brady Ortego, Hunter Johnson was a free man. Johnson, 22, is accused of plowing into Ortego on the Hale Boggs bridge…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | April 30, 2021 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Police investigated 5 interstate shootings so far this year, four of them in the last month. Someone shot a man and a woman last night as they drove on the I-10 Eastbound near the High Rise. “We know for sure,…