The Baton Rouge Police Department’s internal investigation into the Alton Sterling shooting could be released today. Attorney General Jeff Landry concluded criminal charges were not warranted against officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake. But legal analyst and Baton Rouge attorney Franz Borghart says
the termination may not be directly related to the actual shooting. He says there were several things that took place that is shown on a cell phone video during the 90 seconds that followed after Salamoni and Lake arrived on the scene – including the officers yelling obscenities at Sterling, holding Sterling down on the ground and Salamoni firing six gunshots…
If Salamoni does indeed get terminated by the Baton Rouge Police Department, he can appeal the decision. Borghart explains…
Both officers have been on paid administrative leave since the shooting in July of 2016. Sterling’s family has already filed a civil lawsuit against the East Baton Rouge Parish, the City of Baton Rouge, the Baton Rouge Police Department, former police chief Carl Dabadie and officers Salamoni and Lake.
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The Department of Agriculture and Forestry has ordered an emergency quarantine so that Roseau cane south of LA Highway 10 is not transported out of the area. A tiny invasive insect is damaging the plant, which is a vital part of Louisiana’s wetlands. Commissioner Mike Strain says it’s already effected 200,000 acres.
The agency is working with partners to find a solution, but doesn’t have a fix just yet. The scale, native to China and Japan, can usually be burned out, but Strain says Louisiana is in a uniquely bad position.
Hunters use the Roseau cane to camouflage their ducks blinds, and to hunters preparing for the next season: Strain says make sure you keep any cane you use to the immediate vicinity it came from.
State police have arrested a 14 year old driver who is said to be responsible for the death’s of two people on Monday morning. The driver has been charged with two counts of negligent homicide, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, driving left of center, no driver’s license, and speeding. The wreck happened in ascension on la 74 west of us 61.