In February of this year, The Lens Nola published an article entitled After George Floyd’s murder, the New Orleans City Council created a committee to hear from ‘historically marginalized communities.’ […]
Category: Criminal Justice
Will New Orleans Women Judges Be Discriminated Against Because of Sex?
May 1, 2022Gender bias still exists! Three female district court judges – Rachel Johnson, Karen Herman and Nakisha Ervin-Knott – have already announced they will be running this fall to fill three […]
Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell To Retire May 1, 2022 After 39 Years of Service
April 29, 2022Arthur Morrell, who has proudly served the citizens of New Orleans for the last 39 years first as a State Representative and more recently as Clerk of Criminal District Court, […]
Decriminalizing Marijuana Will Make Our Communities Safer
April 27, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an alarming rise in drug abuse, violent crime, and other indicators of collective trauma. Sadly, many of my constituents feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods. […]
Study: Majority of 911 Calls in New Orleans Don’t Require Police
April 15, 2022In an analysis of publicly available 911 data, the Vera Institute of Justice – a nonpartisan group comprised of hundreds of researchers and advocates – found that over 61 percent of 911 calls in New Orleans are for non-criminal situations.
1 in 13 Americans Could Benefit From HUD Plan To Help People With Criminal Record Find Housing
April 12, 2022On Tuesday, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge sent a memo to staff instructing them to review policies and programs that “pose barriers to housing for persons with criminal histories or their families.”
Trooper Who Bragged About Beating Ronald Greene Played Victim to Investigators
April 11, 2022Audio released by the Associated Press (AP) shows the Louisiana State Trooper who beat Ronald Greene with a flashlight, tased him, and punched him during his fatal arrest tried to portray himself as a frightened victim to investigators.
Singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Describes Repeatedly Raping a 14 Year-Old Girl in Louisiana
April 9, 2022The singer for the band “The Red Hot Chili Peppers,” Anthony Kiedis, described repeatedly raping a fourteen year-old girl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in his Autobiography titled “Scar Tissue,” released […]
Archdiocese Abuse Survivor Reaches Out To Federal Judge
March 30, 2022Aaron Hebert, a survivor of childhood sex abuse at the hands of Catholic Monsignor Lawrence Hecker, wrote a letter to Chief Federal Magistrate Judge Michael B. North on 03/28/2022, questioning […]
Louisiana State Police Hires the Bowman Group for Third Party Assessment
March 17, 2022The Louisiana Department of Public Safety (DPS) has agreed to spend nearly $1.5 million to hire The Bowman Group to perform an independent external review and assessment of Louisiana State Police (LSP) policies, procedures, practices, training, and culture amid scrutiny over trooper beatings of Black motorists following several high-profile cases.
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