East Baton Rouge Sheriff Corporal Nick Tullier who was shot during a police ambush in 2016 was laid to rest in Denham Springs on Tuesday.
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Legislation to give parents of children who are denied admittance to school based on their vaccination status legal recourse, advances from House Education. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Federal prosecutors are doubtful they can successfully charge State Police involved in the 2019 death of Ronald Greene with a civil rights violation. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Louisiana said goodbye to East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy Nick Tullier during a funeral service attended by law enforcement officers from across the country. Tullier was one of six officers shot in July of 2016 during an ambush on Baton Rouge law enforcement officers. Three officers died that day. Governor John Bel Edwards says Tullier responded to a call of officers down and for that he’s a hero
Tullier was shot three times and not given much of a chance to live, but he defied the odds until an infection ended his life on May 5th. Edwards says Tullier’s will to live will not be forgotten…
Tullier passed away at the age of 46. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says Tullier spent 18 years of those years as a deputy with the EBRSO…
Authorities say 29-year-old Gavin Long opened fire on law enforcement as tensions were high following the officer-involved shooting of Alton Sterling. Baton Rouge police officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald, along with East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy Brad Garafola were killed. Long was killed by responding officers.
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A bill to allow parents to bring a lawsuit against the entity that prevents a student’s entry to a school on the basis of their immunization status advances from House Education. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee’s bill will give parents legal recourse if their child is denied admittance because they opted out of any vaccination.
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House Bill 531 received opposition from the Louisiana Department of Education’s legal counsel Joan Hunt. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Frieberg asked Hunt to clarify the existing law that says parents can opt-out of having their child vaccinated due to medical, personal, or religious reasons.
Fiorella (Fee-oh-rella Tro-han-ee) Trapani Co-director of Health Freedom Louisiana, a consumer and health rights advocacy organization spoke in favor of the bill. She told lawmakers even though a law exists many do not know they have recourse if denied.
The bill passed on a six to five vote and will be heard in the full House.
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Over the past 15 years, Louisiana’s oyster industry has taken some major hits. Between hurricanes, flooding, and multiple openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway changing the concentration of salt in oyster beds, larger and larger percentages of the annual crop never make it to the table. UL-Lafayette is working to change that through a $14-million research partnership to develop more resilient oysters.
Over the next three years, working with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Dr. Stauffer and other researchers from across a number of disciplines will examine oyster populations with a low-salinity tolerance to develop strategies that will help the oysters and the industry stay strong.
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Stauffer says the goal isn’t to create a new kind of oyster, it’s to ensure the health of an industry that provides thousands of jobs and has an annual value of nearly $70 million.
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After a months-long investigation into the 2019 Union Parish roadside death of Ronald Greene in State Police custody, federal prosecutors are growing skeptical they can bring a successful civil rights violation case against any of the troopers involved. The problem is video evidence doesn’t seem to show that officers acted “willfully” to hurt Greene. Baton Rouge criminal defense attorney Richard Sprinkle says the real sticking point is the word “willfully”…:
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Greene died during his arrest, after a high-speed chase through three parishes in May 2019. His family was first told he died in a car crash, but over a year later body cam evidence surfaced showing him being beaten and kicked by troopers. Sprinkle can only speculate on what federal prosecutors are thinking, but says it’s certain they don’t want any missteps that could potentially damage the case…:
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Sprinkle says an issue in finding troopers “willfully” deprived Greene of his civil rights is any evidence – video or other – that shows they were ‘after” Ronald Greene for a reason, or that they tased or pepper-sprayed him after he was in custody…:
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Sprinkle says Greene’s family does not need a federal civil rights charge against the LSP officers to move forward with a civil lawsuit for wrongful death.
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