To increase public awareness of police misconduct in the state, The ACLU of Louisiana has launched a comprehensive dashboard of police killings and violence. ACLU Data Analyst Elijah Appelson says they created the dashboard to increase accessibility to the data and to give those who are victims of police violence a voice.
A third reason for the dashboard is to ensure police accountability.
In next month’s special session on crime, Governor Jeff Landry will push for Louisiana lawmakers to find new ways to hand out capital punishment. He says death penalty cases can be lengthy and cost the state millions.
Landry opposed granting clemency to more than 50 death row inmates last year.
In Avoyelles Parish 36-year-old Joshua Nugent was killed Saturday after he barricaded himself in his Evergreen home. Sheriff’s deputies were called after Nugent allegedly made bomb threats to his neighbors and destroyed property. Master Trooper Casey Wallace says State Police negotiators and SWAT also assisted.
Wallace says they negotiated with Nugent for several hours.
Governor Landry’s K-12 Education Policy has released its recommendations for improving public education. Erin Bendily with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy served on that committee, and she says one of their recommendations is to expand school choice…