louisiana
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Police Officers Refuse to Work La. High School After Players Kneel During National Anthem
Some Jefferson Parish, La., police officers have refused to work a voluntary security detail at Bonnabel High School football games after the majority of the team knelt during the playing of the national anthem to protest injustices and police brutality in African-American communities. “I was a bit taken aback at first. Keep in mind, I…
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3 Inmates Escape From La. Detention Center
On Saturday, a little after 10 p.m., three inmates—Willie E. Ethridge, 34; Michael Elliot, 24; and Walshea Mitchell, 35—escaped from Dorm B of a detention center in Natchitoches Parish, La., and then jumped over two rolls of razor-wire fence, according to USA Today. The inmates were unarmed at the time of their escape, but the…
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La. Flood Worst Natural Disaster in the US since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross Says
The flood currently devastating Louisiana is the worst natural disaster to hit the United States since Hurricane Sandy, the Red Cross says, according to CNN. “Thousands of people in Louisiana have lost everything they own and need our help now,” Brad Kieserman, the Red Cross’ vice president of disaster services operations and logistics, told the network.”This…
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Activist DeRay Mckesson Sues City of Baton Rouge, La., Over Arrest
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson filed a lawsuit against the city of Baton Rouge, La., Thursday over his arrest last month at a protest for Alton Sterling during which more than 200 people were detained, the Associated Press reports. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Mckesson and two others arrested accuses the city and…
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La. 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill Goes Into Effect
Louisiana’s “Blue Lives Matter” bill went into effect Monday, making it a hate crime to intentionally harm a police officer or first responder because of his or her uniform, KSLA reports. As the station notes, the bill, formally called Act 184, is the first of its kind and was officially signed into law by Gov. John…
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Cousin of Cop Killed in Baton Rouge, La., Wrongly Arrested in the Ambush, Allegedly Denied Diabetes Medication
The cousin of one of the Baton Rouge, La., law-enforcement officials killed in an apparent ambush was wrongfully arrested and allegedly denied his diabetes medicine after being deemed a suspect in the ambush, the Daily Beast reports. Damarcus Alexander was out with a friend at a Wal-Mart July 17, buying a white shirt for church.…
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Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Long Suffered From PTSD: Report
Gavin Long, the Marine vet who shot six law-enforcement officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., resulting in the death of three officers, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, CNN reports, according to a source involved in the investigation. Long, 29, served in the Marine Corps 2005-2010 as a data network specialist. His tenure included a deployment to…
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Angry, Paranoid and Trained to Kill: How America Made the Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas Shooters
In the past two weeks, cops in Texas and Louisiana have been ambushed, shot and killed by black men who reportedly were tired of the senseless killings of unarmed black men, women and children by police. I say “reportedly” because we won’t ever know. Both men in question—Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, and Gavin Long, 29—were killed…
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Everything We Know About Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Eugene Long
In the early-morning hours of Sunday, the nation was rocked by yet another shooting in Baton Rouge, La. A gunman—identified as Gavin Eugene Long, who turned 29 on the day of the shooting—shot six law-enforcement officials, killing three, before he was shot and killed himself. As more and more details about the case slowly emerge,…