Christian Freeman died a week after the Sheriff’s Office said there were no known infections at the jail.
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inCriminal Justice
Inside the ACLU of Louisiana’s plan to bring ‘up to 1,000’ cases challenging racist policing throughout the state
The organization seeks to enlist private law firms to help with the effort.
Posted inCriminal Justice
New state law seeks to fix New Orleans judges’ decades-old conflict of interest on court fines, fees and bail
Criminal justice reform advocates say the law will not solve the underlying problem of the state’s user-funded justice system.
Posted inSection G
The Section G Project Part 4: The Legacy
The final story in our series on the life and career of New Orleans Judge Frank Shea.
Posted inSection G
The Section G Podcast episode 5: ‘Maybe it should grind to a halt’
The legacy of Judge Frank Shea.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Amid calls for police defunding, NOPD chief touts reforms
‘While there is much work to be done there is much that we should be proud of,’ Ferguson said.
Posted inCoronavirus
Sheriff’s Office: No positive COVID-19 cases among inmates in city jail
The city’s jail implemented mass testing in April, seeing an initial spike in cases that grew to 94 by late May.
Posted inOpinion
A lesson in policing from New Orleans history
Author Orissa Arend recalls the Black Panthers’ community policing effort in the Desire Housing Project in her latest op-ed. “Look at us now, 50 years later, experiencing a worldwide consciousness awakening to the realization that the Panthers were right!”
Posted inCoronavirus
Council grills NOPD chief on use of tear gas on protesters
Ferguson struggles to answer questions about what danger the march posed as he maintains that blocking it was the right move.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Police release body cam footage from expressway clash with protesters
Video released after criticism for use of tear gas, projectiles.