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Louisiana Deputy Fired, Arrested, for Reportedly Forcing Mother to Perform Oral Sex on Infant Son
A 42-year-old Louisiana sheriff’s deputy, Shaderick Jones, allegedly forced a 26-year-old mother Iyeseha Todd to perform oral sex on her infant son while he recorded it, claiming the depraved act was his “fantasy.” Jones has worked in uniform patrol in Iberville Parish since 2015. Now fired, he has been charged with principle to first-degree rape…
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Catholic School Principal Arrested at a D.C. Strip Club While on Student Field Trip
In a series of incidents that shocked communities Friday, Michael Comeau, a Catholic school principal who was the recipient of a distinguished award for educators, has resigned after he thought it was a good idea to get belligerently drunk, hit up the strip club, then refuse to pay … all while on a school field…
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Councilwoman Challenges Shreveport’s ‘Saggy Pants Law’
In February, 31-year-old Anthony Childs was fatally shot in Shreveport, La., by police during a chase that began after Childs was stopped because he was wearing sagging pants. Since that tragedy, councilwoman LeVette Fuller has wanted to end a law passed in 2007 that prohibits wearing pants below the waist in the majority-black community.…
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Louisiana’s ‘Pro-Life’ Democratic Governor Primed to Sign Anti-Abortion Bill
If you needed your weekly reminder that political party affiliation and morality are rarely intertwined, here’s your refresher. Democratic Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signaled his support for an anti-abortion bill that would ban the procedure after six weeks. The bill, which bears numerous similarities to the bills passed in Georgia and Missouri, is…
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Senate OKs Trump’s Latest Federal Judge Pick Despite Dem Fears About Where She Stands on Brown and Roe
The Senate Thursday confirmed Wendy Vitter, Donald Trump’s nominee to sit on the federal bench in New Orleans, despite strong objections from Democrats about her stance on Roe and Brown, respectively, the nation’s landmark pro-choice and school desegregation laws. By a virtual party-line vote of 52-45 (with just one Republican, Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, joining…
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From Defendant to Defender: Theo Shaw, Once Almost Railroaded by the Justice System as One of the Jena 6, Is Now Officially a Lawyer
A Louisiana man whose life was almost thrown away by the criminal justice system when he was overcharged in a case that came to be known as the “Jena 6” is now officially a lawyer. Theo Shaw was sworn in to the bar of the District of Columbia on Friday, according to the New Orleans…
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A Tale of Two Churches: How the Notre Dame Cathedral Illustrates America's Unwillingness to Acknowledge Black Suffering
Police gun down so many black men, I can’t even recall which one is the impetus for this story. But a few years ago, after yet another one of us was mowed down in the street in cold blood, I arrived to my TV writers room in a less than pleasant mood. I was tired.…
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Three Black Churches Burned in One Louisiana Parish
Harkening back to darker days, authorities believe a common culprit may have resorted to a tried and true intimidation tactic. Federal authorities are lending a hand after a pattern of destruction has emerged. According to the New York Times, one Louisiana parish has seen three historically black churches burned in less than two weeks. The…
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Put Them on Blast: Police Searching for Suspects Who Harassed Black Woman at Louisiana Walmart
Police in West Monroe, La., are searching for two white men who followed and harassed a black woman at a Louisiana Walmart. Because the overpoweringly nosy collective of social media knows all, suspects for the Nov. 29 attack were identified after the release of surveillance footage from the store. According to KNOE, “West Monroe police…