For federal officials, who have described people killed by ICE as “domestic terrorists,” the recent convictions in Louisiana’s neighboring state are a success — and a model to follow to stifle future opposition to ICE. […]
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Jada and other Black girls often take the first steps toward the delinquency pipeline in the schoolroom, where teachers too often misread curiosity as sassiness—or as Louisiana law describes it, “willful disobedience.” […]
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On Monday, the French Quarter Management District’s security and enforcement committee took the first step toward drone response in New Orleans, as it voted to finance one $250,000 NOPD drone and docking station. […]
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Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned. […]
Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children. […]
As the state limits sharing of independent data, the Trump administration is delaying new testing requirements for dozens of chemical plants around the Mississippi River Basin. […]
A new report critical of the rapid data-center ramp-up across the South describes it as ‘Big Tech, following in the footsteps of Big Oil.’ […]
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Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency […]
Delaney Dryfoos on what the Alabo Street Wharf development may mean for neighbors. Matthew Wollenweber on NOPD’s use of surveillance, including 5,000 cameras and partnerships that use facial recognition technology. […]
Read More… from Behind the Lens episode 279: ‘Incompetent or lying’
“After years of FOIA requests and research, I know that NOPD is lying about their unlawful use of Project NOLA and facial-recognition software,” says the writer. The surveillance-camera issue is slated to be discussed at 10 a.m. today (Monday) at the City Council’s criminal-justice committee meeting. […]
Read More… from NOPD is using images of you from more than 5,000 cameras across the city
