The ACLU of Louisiana releases a report which shows it’s a common practice here to jail people who are too poor to pay a fine. Michelle Southern reports…:

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The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office says a high-speed chase led to the arrest of a man charged with fourth offense DWI. Authorities say they attempted to stop 26-year-old Kyle Johnson of Pitkin for reckless driving when the pursuit ensued. They say Johnson was stopped after they deployed spike strips, but not before he struck several police cars with his truck. Johnson is charged with DWI – Fourth Offense and flight using a motor vehicle.

Governor Bobby Jindal misses the cut and will not participate in the first formal Republican Presidential debate Thursday night on Fox News. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says missing this debate is a blow to the Jindal presidential campaign…

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Jindal did not poll well enough in recent national surveys to be among the ten candidates invited.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office arrests a 26-year-old man who allegedly locked up a convenience store clerk in Sulphur and raped her in a storage room. Spokesperson Kim Myers says the woman tried to resist James Domingue of Sulphur but he knocked her to the ground and raped her. She says Domingue made the clerk give him goods from the store and then let himself out…

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Domingue was arrested on charges of rape, kidnapping and false imprisonment.