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The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEBOR, LEOBR, or LEOBoR) is a set of rights intended to protect American law enforcement personnel from unreasonable investigation and prosecution arising from conduct during the official performance of their duties, through procedural safeguards. [1]
A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the ...
Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ...
The Louisiana State Police for years have used ... Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department. A broad civil rights inquiry, announced in 2022 following an Associated Press investigation, found ...
Len Davis (born August 6, 1964) [1] is a former New Orleans police officer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was convicted of depriving civil rights through murder by conspiring with an assassin to kill a local resident.
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city itself is divided into eight police districts. The NOPD has a long history of civil rights violations, corruption and poor oversight. [2]
Lawsuit against city of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Police Department and officers [3] settled for $4.5 million [4] On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling , a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by two Baton Rouge Police Department officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
Initially, the Louisiana State Police said the troopers' use of force was justified, describing it as "awful but lawful". [3] [5] State police did not open an administrative investigation until August 2020. [3] [5] [9] A federal civil rights investigation into the death was opened by September 2020. [3] [4] [5] [10]