A new video released by State Police essentially eliminates any notion that former LSU star Kyren Lacy was innocent in a deadly crash in Thibodaux last December. The video shows that Lacy was passing vehicles in a no-passing zone on L-A Highway 20, much faster than the flow of traffic, when a northbound Kia Cadenza swerved into the southbound lane and collided head-on with a Kia Sorento, killing 78-year-old Herman Hall. While Lacy’s car didn’t make any physical contact with either of the two Kias, a witness said his actions forced the head-on crash…
A state police spokeswoman says it was Lacy’s reckless driving that led to the crash in front of his vehicle…
Lacy was charged with negligent homicide and other charges and took his own life before a grand jury was to consider those charges.
Tragedy outside the Iberville Parish courthouse. Investigators say deputies Charles Riley and Brett Stassi (STAA-see) Jr. were trying to take 27-year-old Latrell Clark into custody, but Clark fought back, grabbed one of their duty weapons and shot them before fatally shooting himself. Riley was killed, and Stassi was badly injured. Iberville Parish District Attorney Tony Clayton says Riley and Stassi prevented further carnage.
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The full Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is reconsidering a three-judge panel’s ruling that the state’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. Loyola New Orleans Law Professor Dane Ciolino says it will still be an uphill climb for the state to prevail before the full Fifth Circuit.