NEW ORLEANS – In a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the US Department of Justice, the ACLU of Louisiana today called for a pattern or practice investigation into misconduct by the Louisiana State Police (LSP). The demand comes after growing concern over LSP’s pattern of targeting and using objectively unreasonable force against Black […]
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Lieutenant Michael Dunn says department used excessive force, ignored medical needs of incarcerated people NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Sidley Austin LLP, filed a lawsuit against the City of Eunice, Louisiana, its Chief of Police, and additional employees of the Eunice Police Department on behalf of employee Lieutenant Michael Dunn. Through […]
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NEW ORLEANS – As part of its Justice Lab campaign, the ACLU of Louisiana, alongside Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Teliah Perkins, a Black woman from Slidell, Louisiana, against two St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies for violently arresting Ms. Perkins at her own home in response to a minor traffic […]
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NEW ORLEANS – As part of its Justice Lab campaign, the ACLU of Louisiana is suing two East Jefferson Levee District police officers for using unnecessary violent force against a 54-year-old Black woman. On April 6, 2020, officers Robert Tewis and Kirt Arnold approached Ms. Deanna Thomas in a public park and demanded that she […]
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Justice Lab program launches new website featuring police violence heatmap as more than 200 Louisiana residents complain of misconduct FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 4, 2021 NEW ORLEANS – Justice Lab, the ACLU of Louisiana’s litigation and advocacy campaign against racist policing, has filed four lawsuits challenging police misconduct to date, with more than 30 additional cases […]
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The following op-ed originally appeared in The Advocate Four years ago this month, Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside a convenience store when he was brutally shot and killed by two White Baton Rouge Police officers. Sterling’s death helped galvanize a movement for justice and reform, but the anniversary of his death is also a reminder […]
ACLU Louisiana | By Nora Ahmed, Legal Director | JULY 20, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – As part of a sweeping new initiative to challenge racist policing, the ACLU of Louisiana is asking people victimized by racist policing to come forward as potential plaintiffs to challenge these unconstitutional practices. People who have had negative race-based interactions with the police on or after May 1, 2020 can contact the […]
ACLU Louisiana | JULY 21, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – Joining a nationwide movement to combat racist policing practices in the wake of the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and far too many named and unnamed others, 18 leading private law firms have joined the ACLU of Louisiana’s litigation campaign to challenge racially discriminatory policing practices. The law firms […]
ACLU Louisiana | JUNE 24, 2020
Collaborative Effort Will Enlist Law Schools and Law Firms–Both Inside and Outside of Louisiana–to Unleash Wave of Lawsuits Challenging Racially Discriminatory Policing, Limit Qualified Immunity NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana today announced plans for an intensive litigation effort to challenge racially discriminatory policing practices and combat police violence against people of color. “Justice […]