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Parish: Orleans Police Department: Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, along with the University of Georgia Appellate Litigation Clinic, is appearing before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Remingtyn Williams, Lauren Chustz, and Bilal Ali-Bey—putative class action plaintiffs whose protest after George Floyd’s murder was dispersed […]

Parish: DeSoto Police Department: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, alongside Nickelson Law PLLC and Covington & Burling LLP, is now representing Jason Hinson—a man who was seriously injured by a police canine during his apprehension and arrest by the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office.  The complaint, which was filed pro se, accused […]

Parish: Morehouse Police Department: Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Department The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Covington & Burling LLP are representing Tamekia Olive in a lawsuit against Investigator Alvin Holmes from the Morehouse Parish Sherriff’s Department (“MPSO”), along with Sheriff Mike Tubbs in his official capacity as Sheriff.  The complaint seeks to address the […]

Parish: Orleans Police Department: Louisiana State Police The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) represented Executive Director Alanah Odoms in a lawsuit against Louisiana State Police (LSP) for the release of public records regarding its use of racist facial recognition technology after LSP denied requests for the information. In 2019, Odoms learned that LSP’s […]

Parish: Livingston Police Department(s): Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office Denham Springs Police Department The Social Justice Legal Foundation and the ACLU of Louisiana are representing Alexander Clark in a lawsuit against the Sheriff of Livingston Parish, several of his officers, the Chief of Police of Denham Springs, several of his officers, and the City of Denham […]

Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab and Tulane’s Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic are representing the parents of a ten-year-old Black student with disabilities in a lawsuit against the Jefferson Parish School Board and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, whom police put in a chokehold and […]

Parish: Jefferson Davis Police Departments: Jennings Police Department and Welsh Police Department     The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are representing Talj Howard in a lawsuit against the City of Jennings, Eduardo Mendoza, a patrolman of the Jennings Police Department, Christopher Bergeaux, a sergeant of the Jennings Police Department […]

Parish: West Baton Rouge Police Department: West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office The Social Justice Legal Foundation and the ACLU of Louisiana are representing Nia Mills, a Black woman from Jackson, Mississippi, in her lawsuit against the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff and several officers in his office. The complaint “seeks to address a culture […]

Parish: St. Tammany Police Department: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union and Linklaters LLP are representing Bruce Washington and Gregory Lane in a lawsuit against Officers Alexander Thomas, Sean Wood, Jackson Bridel, and John Doe from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (STPSO), along with Randy Smith in his official capacity […]

Parish: Jefferson Police Department: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Gilbert LLP are representing Marrero resident Steven Maddox in a lawsuit against Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputies Geoffry Walker and Justin Labadie. On February 13, 2020, Mr. Maddox was walking home after completing a full day of school and […]