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Updated: Black Lousiana State Trooper Fired After Speaking About Ronald Greene Investigation
Officer Carl Cavalier was notified of his termination on Monday and has immediately appealed.
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Louisiana Governor Denies Delaying Probe Into Ronald Greene’s Death
49 year-old Ronald Greene was tased, punched, and dragged by Louisiana state troopers during a traffic stop turned deadly arrest in 2019.
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Louisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson
30-year-old mixed race shoemaker, Homer Plessy, was arrested for sitting on a whites only train car in 1897. The case made way for decades of segregation laws.
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Louisiana Judge Blames Sedatives For Her Use Of Racist Slurs
Michelle Odinet resigns after being caught on video saying the “n-word”
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Ida Death Toll Reaches 68, Many Still Without Power
Making matters worse is a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of New Orleans.
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Hurricane Ida: One Dead in Louisiana, More Than a Million Are Without Power in the Region
The storm touched down in Louisiana yesterday on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about levees overtopping remain high.
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Category 4 Hurricane Ida Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana Sunday Afternoon
This comes 16 years after Hurricane Katrina struck the coast in 2005.
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Body Camera Footage Shows Louisiana State Troopers Punching and Tasering Black Man in Fatal Arrest
Details regarding the 2019 death of Ronald Greene after an altercation with Louisiana state troopers have been shrouded in mystery, with Greene’s family accusing the State Police of attempting a cover up. Police officials initially said that Greene died on impact after his car crashed into a tree. Recently released body camera footage of the…
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United Nations Human Rights Officials Release Report Calling for an End to the Environmental Racism of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The more I learn about how horrific the nooks and crannies of this country are, the less I understand how anyone can proudly declare we’re the best in the world. If this country is best at anything, it’s managing to embed racism in just about every facet of American life, including the goddamn environment. A…
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Shreveport, La., Is Experiencing Its Own Weather-Related Crisis That No One Is Talking About
National media have honed their attention on the impact of freezing temperatures in Texas, but residents in Louisiana have been enduring crisis-level weather challenges of their own. The state endured sub-freezing temperatures around February 12 and some days after, which have led to burst pipes and unsafe drinking water, leaving residents and businesses in Alexandria,…