Governor John Bel Edwards and State Police Col. Mike Edmonson met with President Obama to discuss ways to build community trust and ensure justice for all Americans. Edmonson says one of the key things they discussed in the four hour meeting is the importance of listening to one another….
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Edmonson says everyone at the meeting left with a renewed strength to say we can do better.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other local groups are suing law enforcement in Baton Rouge, claiming they violated demonstrators’ first amendment rights while protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling. Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman says police showed up to a peaceful protest in riot gear and started wrongfully arresting people:
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Governor Edwards has defended law enforcement by calling the response to the protests as “moderate.”

Tragedy has struck the Baton Rouge Zoo again, as three monkeys died after a fatal encounter with dogs that broke into the exhibit. Zoo spokesperson Kaki Heiligenthal (High-leh-gen-thal) says two dogs somehow got into the zoo, and they were not able to get into the spot-nose guenons’ habitat,…:
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The monkeys were aged 29, 22 and 18.

The 2016 U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships are now underway in Shreveport-Bossier. Event Manager Sheila Norman says this weekend is comprised of two different events, in the morning 31 hot air balloons will compete against each other in different tasks. She says the afternoons will feature the Red River Balloon Rally…
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Officials expect the hot air balloon championships will have a 6-million dollar economic impact on the area.