Fox News says based on data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, New Orleans leads the nation in the number of murders per capita, as a result of a 141-percent spike in homicides over the last several years. New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission president Rafael Goyeneche says over half of the city’s violent crimes occur in just two policing districts and concentrating police presence and action there will help a lot…
cut 9 (09) “….25-percent citywide”
New Orleans has seen 208 murders so far this year alone.

Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says it is disingenuous of Democrats to rail on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for sending two airline flights of illegals to Martha’s Vineyard when the Biden administration is guilty of the same thing on a grander scale…:
Cut 14 (08) “…like this isn’t happening.”
President Biden says Desantis is playing politics with human beings being used as props.

Southeastern Louisiana University is using a five million dollar federal grant to develop a mentoring program to assist education graduates as they enter the classroom. Dean of Education Paula Summers Calderon says new teachers tend to leave the profession in their first few years due to burnout and not meeting their own expectations
Cut 3 (10) “…or 20 years.”
Calderon says they are partnering with the Tangipahoa School System for the first year

The Violence Policy Center ranks Louisiana fifth in the nation for the number of women killed by men per capita. V-P-C spokesperson Kristen Rand says based on 2020 data most female murder victims are killed by guns and Black women are disproportionally impacted by lethal domestic violence…
cut 5 (13) “….Black women”