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SHREVEPORT – The ACLU of Louisiana today announced a settlement on behalf of Mr. Brandon Kennedy, who was wrongfully attacked, arrested, and searched by Shreveport police after one of the officers overheard Mr. Kennedy speaking to another person about the Black Lives Matter movement.
NEW ORLEANS – The Department of Justice has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Corrections routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are legally entitled to be released from custody, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
NEW ORLEANS – In an unfortunate decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Louisiana State Police should not be held liable for failing to protect peaceful protesters at the June 3, 2020 George Floyd rally in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners launched an initiative designed to provide people detained in Louisiana with knowledge about their legal rights.
NEW ORLEANS — More than three and a half years after Ronald Greene was killed by Louisiana State Troopers, five law enforcement officers have been indicted on state charges by a grand jury in Union Parish, Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the Union Parish grand jury’s decision to pursue criminal charges against the four Louisiana State Police troopers and deputy responsible for Ronald Greene's death.