The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have filed a lawsuit against Baton Rouge Police, State Police and other law enforcement agencies over how they treated people who were protesting the police shooting death of Alton Sterling. ACLU of Louisiana executive director Marjorie Esman says the lawsuit alleges police used excessive force and wrongfully arrested invividuals.
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Governor Edwards has defended law enforcement by calling their response moderate.

Cameron Sterling, the son of Alton Sterling, spoke publically today for the first time since his father was fatally shot. Cameron says he wants people to continue to protest, but do so peacefully….
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Congressmen Cedric Richmond and Garret Graves have come together to create a bill to address the growing violence between law enforcement and the public. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor Edwards and State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson met with the President today at the White House to discuss building communtiy trust.

Meanwhile, layoff notifications have been sent to some members of Governor Edwards’ state as his office must restructure its personnel because of a one-million dollar budget cut.