9:30 LRN Newscast April 21

Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s thankful the criminal justice system dispensed justice against ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin who was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. U-S Senator Bill Cassidy says justice was done…
cut 6 (11) “….never taught”
Cell phone video showed Chauvin’s knee pressing on Floyd’s neck for nine and half minutes during an arrest. During that time Floyd repeatedly said he could not breathe.

A bill heading to the state senate would take a portion of the state’s sales tax and use it to improve Louisiana’s roads. The bill’s author, Bossier City Senator Barrow Peacock says it’s a concept that Texas does…
cut 4 (100 “….sales tax”
Peacock’s proposal would generate about 800-million dollars over the next three years.

There are claims on social media that the COVID vaccine is causing an increase in miscarriages. Brooke Thorington talks with an OB/GYN about the allegations
Cut 3 (33) ā€œā€¦I’m Brooke Thorington.ā€

Divers have recovered a sixth body that was a crewmember on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lafourche Parish Coroner’s office identifies the person as 31-year-old Quinon Pitre of St. Mary Parish. Seven crew members remain missing.