The ACLU of Louisiana issued a statement in response to the latest Crime Stoppers video by St. Landry Parish’s Captain Clay Higgins that’s gone ridiculously viral. Higgins is looking for wanted members of the Gremlins Gang and says they each have a $2500 bounty on their head. ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman has a problem with that…:
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Esman feels all this video does is exacerbate the problem of a public perception that cops are the bad guys.

Early voting begins tomorrow for Louisiana’s Presidential Preference Primary which will be held on March 5th. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says only registered Republicans and Democrats will be able to vote in their respective primaries…:
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Early voting runs through next Saturday, but polls are closed Sunday.

Apple is fighting the federal government over accessing iPhones and the ruling could have implications on murder case in Baton Rouge. 29-year-old Brittney Mills was shot and killed last year and investigators believe her locked phone could provide information which would help solve her murder. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says trying to get into a phone to solve a crime is not different than asking for a residential search warrant…:
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Apple says they plan to fight this all the way to protect customers’ privacy.

Sweet story out of Kenner. Fire officials tell WWL-TV that a 5-year-old girl who learned about fire safety in school last year was able to save her blind grandmother from a burning home. They say Cloe wood heard the fire alarm and jumped out of bed to get her grandmother and guide her out of the house. Th actions may have saved both their lives, Kenner Fire Chief John Hellmers told WWL.