New Orleans is bracing for a two-month immigration enforcement operation. While President Trump and Governor Landry maintain that federal agents will be going after the most violent criminals, immigration attorney David Rozas says the people they’ll really be going after are other people entirely, and they’ll be targeting them solely based on the color of their skin.
The LSU Board of Supervisors has called for a special meeting tomorrow to discuss the lawsuit filed by Brian Kelly as the former Tigers football coach is seeking his entire 54-million-dollar buyout. Piper Hutchinson with the Louisiana Illuminator says most of the meeting will take place behind closed doors
Lafayette Police arrest two Vermillion Parish men for allegedly assaulting a man who was walking home from Festivals Acadiens et Creoles last month. Tristan Frederick and Tynes Chaney, who are both 23, are charged with second-degree battery in the October 12th attack on Dustyn Cope. Sergeant Robin Green says important evidence led investigators to the two men.
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Even though Cope, who’s half Filipino, says the attack was racially motivated, Green says investigators have not established that as of yet.
Plastipak Manufacturing announces a major expansion of its Pineville manufacturing facility. The nearly 54-million-dollar plan will create 15 direct jobs and 25 indirect jobs. Louisiana Central President and CEO Chris Masingill says Plastipak is one of the global leaders in plastic packaging.