UPDATE: On Thursday evening, the NAACP Baton Rouge Branch responded to the allegations against Louisiana State Trooper August McKay in a Facebook post, saying McKay “should be forced to immediately resign” and calling his actions “deplorable.” Click here to view the NAACP’s full statement. **** BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana State Trooper who was caught calling…
By Thanh Truong | WWL Eyewitness News | August 21, 2020 “As of August 16th, we’ve seen about a 63 percent rise in shootings, and 39 percent rise in homicides versus last year,” said one researcher. NEW ORLEANS — On Friday evening a drive-thru viewing was held for Kim Boutte, a Mardi Gras Indian Queen…
By Travers Mackel | WDSU | August 21, 2020 NEW ORLEANS — Eleven more people have been indicted, accused of staging wrecks in New Orleans to benefit themselves. Federal prosecutors also say in their filing that lawyers are part of the alleged conspiracy. It’s a follow-up to a WDSU Investigates report — and a story…
Friday, August 21, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of RODERICK HICKMAN (“HICKMAN”), age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age 61, of Gibson, Louisiana; JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 65, of Gibson, Louisiana; TANYA GIVENS (“GIVENS”), age 42, of Gibson, Louisiana; JOHN DIGGS (“J.…
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | August 20, 2020 The Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC), New Orleans’ premier criminal justice watchdog agency, is urging the New Orleans Police Department to refocus on violent offenders during a time when shootings and murders are surging and fewer arrests are being made for violent and weapons felony offenses.…
By Newell Normand | WWL Radio | August 18, 2020 City leaders can’t or won’t stand up to social justice reformers Every day seems to bring more bad news about crime in New Orleans. Like many of America’s major cities, New Orleans is experiencing an uptick in crime and gun violence, amid a vitriolic…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAMIAN LABEAUD (“LABEAUD”), age 48, of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans. According…
BY MATT SLEDGE AND JEFF ADELSON | NOLA.com | August 1, 2020 A 9-year-old boy gunned down in front of his family in Treme. A 34-year-old man shot and killed in a dispute over a car title. Three men shot, one of them fatally, on a sunny afternoon in St. Roch. The events of the…
BY MATT SLEDGE | NOLA.com-The Advocate | JUL 29, 2020 New Orleans police would have to swiftly turn over body-worn camera footage to criminal defendants, and police would have less leeway to arrest people for minor crimes under a pair of ordinances the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee discussed this week. Council President and Committee…
By Newell Normand | WWL Radio | July 29, 2020 It’s been said time and again that we should be able to do two things at the same time. Can we? Disproportionate impact, over-incarceration and allegations that the criminal justice system is fraught with systemic racism has not only defined, but painted the picture of…