A resolution calling for more study into policing practices leads to a tense argument in a House Committee. Matt Doyle has more.
COVID-19 numbers released from the state today show an increase in cases by 418, bringing the total case count to 44,030. This is the seventh of the last ten days where the state has reported 400-plus cases. Total fatalities… 2,855, an increase of 11. Hospitalizations 549, down by 19. Vent usage sees an uptick, increasing by 5 to 72.
An attorney for Thomas McGlothen, a black man who died in April while in the custody of Shreveport police disagrees with a coroner’s report that said the 44-year-old died from excited delirium. Lawyer James Carter calls that junk science…
Cut 10 (06) “…all that is.”
Carter points to a newly released video that shows officers beating McGlothen shortly before he died.
During the regular session, lawmakers passed criminal justice reforms that advocates say will cut down on recidivism. Pelican Institute CEO Daniel Erspamer pointed to one of the reforms, a resolution continuing a commission dedicated to studying criminal justice system funding. He says right now much of the funds come from fines and fees on poor people…
That resolution was brought by Houma Representative Tanner Magee. The commission was first formed in 2019.