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Louisiana police beat and illegally strip-searched people inside a 'torture warehouse,' lawsuit says
Baton Rouge police assaulted and illegally strip searched detainees in a facility they called the "…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A Black trooper in Louisiana who spoke out against police brutality could lose his job in 45 days
Carl Cavalier, a Black state trooper in Louisiana, could face retribution for his criticism followi…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Louisiana State Trooper who spoke out against the police killing of a Black driver is now suing the department over racism and retaliation
Carl Cavalier claims the department punished him in retaliation for giving media interviews about t…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Former Louisiana state trooper charged with a civil rights violation for beating a Black man with a flashlight during a traffic stop
The victim was left with a broken jaw, broken ribs, and a wound on his head following the incident …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Reexamined autopsy related to the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene rejects a claim by Louisiana State Police that he died from injuries sustained in a car crash
Police initially claimed Greene died after crashing into a tree, and an official coroner's report d…
Lauren Frias
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Leaked memo shows Louisiana State Police asked staff not to destroy Ronald Greene case files, more than 2 years after his death
Louisiana State Police told staff to preserve records in the case of Ronald Greene, who died in cus…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A flow of leaks from inside the Louisiana State Police revived the Ronald Greene case, a lawyer for his family says
Ronald Greene died in police custody in 2019. A lawyer for his family told Insider that Louisiana s…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A Louisiana teenager is missing after he went overboard a sunset cruise during a senior trip just days after graduating
Coast Guard officials are searching for Cameron Robbins. Bahamian authorities said they were lookin…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Louisiana trooper who kicked and dragged a Black man while he was handcuffed has been suspended without pay for 50 hours
Ronald Greene, a 49-year-old barber, died in police custody on May 10, 2019, following a violent ar…
Bre'Anna Grant
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5 Louisiana troopers accused of beating a Black driver to death in 2019 and covering it up have been charged
Ronald Greene's death kicked off a yearslong police cover-up, an AP investigation, and the Greene f…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A Louisiana high school student was arrested and charged after punching teacher in possible social media challenge, police say
Larrianna Jackson, a student at Covington high school, was charged with battery after she was recor…
Taylor Ardrey
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A Louisiana security guard is accused of helping 3 juvenile inmates escape
Authorities said they detained security guard Victoria Tune, 21, and the three inmates at a Houston…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Nearly 2 years after the incident, Louisiana police release additional video footage from Ronald Greene's arrest and death in police custody
The AP obtained and published 46 minutes of the graphic footage this week. On Friday night, police …
Lauren Frias
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Louisiana police blocked investigators from charging one of their own for the death of an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop: report
A Louisiana State Police investigator said in documents obtained by USA Today Network that he was b…
Kelly McLaughlin
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The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities
The police once raided gay bars and arrested transgender people for cross-dressing. Decades after S…
Narimes Parakul
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Footage shows troopers stunning, hitting, and dragging a Black man before his death. Police initially claimed he died in a car crash.
The body-camera footage was released two years after Ronald Greene died in Louisiana State Police c…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Illinois is making fuzzy dice legal again
The revised Illinois windshield rule is one of hundreds of new laws taking effect with the new year…
Hannah Getahun,Associated Pre…
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Newly released footage of a Black man dying in police custody shows state troopers choking and beating him as he said 'I'm sorry,' lawyer says
Ronald Greene's family says the body camera footage contradicts initial police statements about his…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A New Orleans police officer groomed and raped a 14-year-old girl he was assigned to take to a rape-kit exam, a lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit alleged the officer began grooming the girl as they sat in the waiting room of a New Or…
Michelle Mark
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A Louisiana judge blamed sedatives after video emerged of her and her family apparently using racial slurs
"I have zero recollection of the video and the disturbing language used during it," the judge told …