In graphic, matter-of-fact chatter picked up on his body-camera mic, a Louisiana State trooper implicated in the death of a Black man can be heard talking of beating and choking him before “all of a sudden he just went limp.” “I beat the ever-living f— out of him,” the trooper said in a 27-second audio […]
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Four police officers in northwest Louisiana have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance in connection with the death last April of a 44-year-old Black man following a video-recorded altercation, a prosecutor’s office announced Friday. The four Shreveport police officers were indicted by a grand jury looking into the death of […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The mother of a man fatally shot by Louisiana police said her son was intelligent, shy and had sought therapy for social anxiety. Her lawyers said they plan to sue over the death of Trayford Pellerin, who police said had a knife and was trying to enter a convenience store. The […]
It's definitely not unfortunate this police officer lost his job for his racist comment.
ASHLAND, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman was arrested on drug charges after police determined the $5,000 cash she used to post an inmate’s bail had a “strong odor of marijuana.” Authorities began investigating Stormy Lynn Parfait, 33, on Friday, shortly after she showed up at the Ashland jail to pay the bond fee for […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The suspect in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Monday in federal court, where he faces hate crime charges. Holden Matthews had earlier pleaded not guilty to the charges arising from arson fires that destroyed three churches in […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it’s been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner has laid on the chamber’s black-padded gurney to die. Sixty-eight people sit on Louisiana’s death row, with no execution dates set. Though the state historically has been tough on […]
Two Louisiana jail guards, including one who shot himself during the middle of his 2018 trial, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in connection with an inmate’s 2014 death, just before the case was set for a second trial. NOLA.com reports, 19-year-old Nimali Henry died alone in a St. Bernard jail cell because she wasn’t […]
A Black police officer in Bossier City, Louisiana has been cleared of any wrongdoing after he fatally shot a white woman who waved scissors at him while using racial slurs. The officer’s body cam footage captured the October 25 encounter between Officer Patrick Edmonds, Jr. and Shannon Rupert, 45, at the LaQuinta Inn, where the officer responded to a call […]
The German Coast Uprising of 1811 in Louisiana was reportedly the largest slave revolt in American history, though few outside the area even know about it. This weekend, a reenactment of the uprising led by artist and activist Dread Scott (pictured) will highlight the historical significance of the moment. RELATED: New Orleans Group To Reenact […]
The Louisiana woman accused of performing a sex act on her one-year-old son at the behest of a police officer was indicted Monday on charges of rape, aggravated crimes against nature and distributing child pornography. Both Iyehesa Todd, 26, and former Iberville Parish deputy Shadrick Jones, 33, were indicted by a grand jury, and the rape charges carry life […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper NBA YoungBoy has been released from a Louisiana jail where he was sent after being accused of violating his probation. News outlets report jail records say the rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was released Thursday, months after he was ordered into custody. Gaulden was given three years’ […]
