new orleans police department
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9-Year-Old Shields Her Sister During a Shootout, and Then the Unthinkable Happens
Lee’Lani Brooks heroically protected her sibling when gunshots rang out instead of running for cover.
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Seriously? Look at What a NoLa Cop Did to This HS Homecoming King
The boy’s mother spoke out after her son was shoved unprovoked by a parade patrol officer.
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WTF? Uber Driver Killed By Man in New Orleans Who Says ‘Uber Picked Her’
The man who killed Yolanda Dillion said that he “woke up Thursday morning and decided he wanted to kill someone.”
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New Orleans Police Kept a Secret, CIA-Backed Policing System for Years; Guess Who It Targets?
As if the police weren’t scary enough. A new investigative article recently published by the Verge offers comprehensive and detailed evidence that a Silicon Valley company, Palantir, has provided software to the New Orleans Police Department since 2012. The technology, implemented after New Orleans’ murder rate was the highest in the nation, traces so-called criminals’…
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New Orleans Settles Danziger Bridge Shootings Civil Rights Case for $13,300,000
The city of New Orleans has agreed to settle a civil rights case stemming from a lethal confrontation between New Orleans police officers and unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the $13.3 million settlement at a news conference Monday, the TImes-Picayune reports. The settlement includes a payment for…