This article was originally co-published by WRKF and WWNO and The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune on December 22, 2021. See full article online. Police can arrest people for “cover charges,” like resisting arrest, to justify their use of excessive force and shield themselves from liability. In Jefferson Parish, 73% of the time someone is arrestedRead More
This article was originally published by The New Orleans Advocate on August 29, 2019. See full article online. An attorney for a man stabbed in the head on a Regional Transit Authority bus over the weekend said his client was stabbed by the bus driver during a fight over the fare. Lawyer Gary Bizal saidRead More
This article was originally published by The New Orleans Advocate on September 29, 2019. See full article online. A 23-year-old man lay face down in his Lakeview bedroom, out cold. Foam bubbled around his mouth. Pill bottles were scattered about. Joey Georgusis was declared dead at the hospital that day in August 2005. His girlfriendRead More
This article was originally published by The New Orleans Advocate on June 6, 2019. See full article online. The woman who was with her boyfriend the night Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies shot him to death in New Orleans in 2016 after a chase across the river recently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in connection withRead More
This article was originally published by The New Orleans Advocate on June 10, 2019. See full article online. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann in March settled for $200,000 a lawsuit brought by a teenage girl who claimed she was subjected to persistent sexual abuse by a St. Bernard jail deputy. The settlement, which has notRead More