The lawyer for Attorney General Liz Murrill calls the 16-count Orleans Parish grand jury indictment against her client a political witch hunt. Laura Rodrigue says Murrill was simply doing her job in enforcing a law that the legislature had passed in consolidating the Orleans Parish clerks of court, noting that it was the only parish that had separate clerks for criminal and civil courts.
Loyola University Law professor Dane Ciolino says the grand jury violated several laws in the handling of this case…
Cut 11 (10) “…behind closed doors”
The Louisiana Supreme Court has stayed indictment and recalled the arrest warrant for Murrill and Ciolino says it’s likely a lower court or the State supreme court will dismiss the case against Murrill.
A Shreveport Police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound and the person who allegedly shot the cop is dead. State Police is investigating the shooting that happened in downtown Shreveport early Sunday. Bar owner, Tim Huck, saw the shooting and says four people were fighting in an alley next to the business he owns when the female officer stepped in…
Cut 6 (11) “,…wrong time”
Huck says the officer was struck in her bulletproof vest and returned fire and shot the gunman.
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is working with Vanderbilt University to enroll 900 obese children in Tennessee and Louisiana in a research trial that would allow the families of that child to receive weight management treatment from a group of health care professionals at a clinic….
Cut 8 (08) “….and help”
Families interested in participating can visit join-coach-dot-org.