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 […]