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Racial Justice

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A Louisiana Law Department That Polices Itself

The sheriff of Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish answers only to voters. In this conservative suburb, that translates to nearly unchecked power.

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Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

Louisiana Deputy Who Slammed a Black Woman on the Pavement Was Named in Multiple Suits, Records Show

by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO, and Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate

ACLU Calls On Federal Prosecutors to Investigate the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office

by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO

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