New Orleans Police fired tear gas into a large group of George Floyd protestors last night after the crowd allegedly began planning to assault a line of officers. NOPD Chief Shaun Ferguson says they have video evidence of an effort by some in the crowd to break through the police line guarding the Crescent City Connection and get onto the bridge. Ferguson says after rolling one tear gas canister and firing another from a launcher the crowd began dispersing.
Tracks for Cristobal still have the entire state still in the cone of uncertainty for an estimated early Monday morning landfall. That’s prompted officials to issue a flash flood watch for all of southeast Louisiana until Tuesday morning. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the forecast calls for up to ten inches of rain in the watch area…
There are no flood watches posted for southwest Louisiana.
Senator Bill Cassidy believes a coronavirus vaccination could be completed by October, and accessible to the public by the end of the year. Cassidy says if studies indicate the product is effective and it receives the green light from regulators, there will be an ample supply ready.
Antsy Louisianans crowded state parks these past two weekends with 20,000 people visiting, the highest numbers since 2008. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser thanked Louisianans for supporting their local tourism economy and says despite the pandemic they’re hard at work winning back the big conferences the state is used to.
The truckers voted 80%-20% to move the conference after the state offered free catered seafood and an authentic Louisiana jazz band to change locations.