10:30 LRN Newscast Dec 14

The detective charged with investigating if troopers used excessive force in the death of Ronald Greene answered questions from the Senate Select Committee on State Police Oversite and told lawmakers his recommendations were ignored by his superiors. LSP Sgt Albert Paxton answered a series of questions by Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson.

Cut 3 (12) “…Turner didn’t.”

In May 2019 Major Turner was in charge of the criminal investigation of officers and head of the investigation into Greene’s death.

Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin also addressed members of the committee. She told them her family has been torn apart since the death of her son.

Cut 10 (08)  “…off the hook.”

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump says he’ll file suit against the Louisiana Department of Child & Family Services (DCFS) over a child sex abuse and trafficking case, that involves two girls who were assaulted over a 10 year period. This case has similarities to the scandal of Jeffrey Epstein and one cannot overlook the comparison.

Cut 6 (09) “…for wealthy white men.”

76-year-old John Mack, who is politically connected in Livingston Parish, has been charged with rape and sexual battery.

More serious than a heart attack is how Dr Catherine O’Neal describes COVID to the Baton Rouge Press Club. O’Neal, chief Medical Officer at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center described the death situation this way to hospital patients with COVID.

Cut  11 (11)  “…here with COVID-19.”