BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A year ago, Abdullah Muflahi rushed outside his convenience store, whipped out his cellphone and began taping moments before a White police officer shot and killed a Black man in the parking lot. In this June 27, 2017 photo, Abdullah Muflahi walks outside his Triple S Food mart in front […]
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Can Black Lives Matter Be Sued? Federal Judge to Decide
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Black Lives Matter is a movement, not an organization that can be sued by a Louisiana police officer who was injured at a protest after a deadly police shooting, a prominent activist’s attorney argued Wednesday. DeRay Mckesson’s lawyer, William Gibbens, urged U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson to dismiss a Baton […]
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Pact Resolves ACLU Suit over Protest Arrests in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A settlement agreement Tuesday resolves a federal lawsuit that accuses law enforcement of trampling on the civil rights of protesters in Baton Rouge following a black man’s fatal shooting by police. An armored police truck leads a troop of police through a residential neighborhood in Baton Rouge, La. on Sunday, […]
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Community Wants Federal Investigation into Black Man’s Death
A bear, CD’s and sign reading “RIP Big Alton” rest outside the Triple S Food Store, July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Officials and family members of a Louisiana community called for a federal investigation Wednesday into the shooting death of a Black man […]
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Protesters Take to Streets after Police Kill Louisiana Man
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana police officer shot and killed a Black man during a confrontation outside a Baton Rouge convenience store, authorities said, prompting hundreds to protest at the site where the man died. Protestors gather near the Triple S Food Mart after Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge […]
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Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin Seeks Bribery Indictment Dismissal
NEW ORLEANS— Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin asked a federal judge Oct. 16 to throw out his indictment on bribery charges, saying the case has been tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. The alleged misconduct includes anonymous online posts about Nagin by a former federal prosecutor, said Nagin’s lawyer, Robert Jenkins. The former mayor pleaded not […]
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Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Charged with Bribery, Fraud
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted Friday on charges that he used his office for personal gain, accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuities from contractors while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The charges against Nagin are the outgrowth of a City Hall […]
