President Donald Trump told the seven-thousand workers at the 10-billion dollar Sempra Energy LNG facility in Cameron Parish that they are helping to make America the energy superpower of the world.
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The visit featured one particularly scary moment, just 40 minutes before the speech began, that landed three officers a trip to the hospital. Two Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies and one Sulphur Police Department officer wrecked while their motorcycles were escorting the presidential motorcade on I-210. Two of the officers suffered mild to moderate injuries, and the other has serious injuries, but is currently in stable condition. The crash is still under investigation.
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The House Criminal Justice Committee passed a bill to end the death penalty amid an intense debate that got personal at times. Bill author New Iberia Representative Terry Landry says it’s immoral for the state to perform executions, double so considering the substantial disparities in policing and sentencing between whites and blacks in the state. Death penalty proponent Michelle Perkins took offense to that statement, and went after the New Iberia Democrat…
Cut 7 (12) “…Louisiana.”
Landry is the former State Police superintendent and is a Vietnam vet.
US News & World Report has released its third annual ranking of the “Best States” and Louisiana is ranked last for the third year in a row. ULM Poli Sci Professor Joshua Stockley says many of the contributing factors boil down to widespread poverty in the state.
Cut 10 (11) “…criminal justice system.“.