On this week’s episode, a panel of judges at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the explanations of two security-district officers who stopped three young Black men searching for a missing dog in Uptown lacked the specifics needed for a legal stop.

And the U.S. Court of Appeal told the state Department of Corrections that it must comply with an earlier district-court order to “correct the glaring deficiencies in their heat-related policies” for workers forced to do agricultural labor at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

And finally, Louisiana law now requires that notices of public meetings be sent in advance to anyone who asks, representing a victory for community members including some New Orleans charter school parents.

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Nick Chrastil, Marta Jewson and managing editor Katy Reckdahl. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Additional music Azzmash Reflash by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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