One community in Caddo Parish is grieving the senseless line-of-duty killing of a Vivian police officer. Colleen Crain reports.
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Saturday morning, the Pelicans fired Head Coach Willie Green. Andrew Greenstein caught up with Pelicans fans at the Smoothie King Center last night prior to the team’s 124-106 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
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The Caddo Parish community of Vivian is mourning the line-of-duty murder of a police officer. Marc Brock was among the officers investigating a cyberstalking complaint Friday evening against 58-year-old Nicolas Alexander, when investigators say Alexander opened fire through the front door, killing Brock. Caddo Parish Commissioner Chris Kracman, whose district includes Vivian, says Officer Brock accomplished so much in his short time on Earth.
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Last night, there was a candlelight vigil at the North Caddo football field. Commissioner Kracman says people turned out in droves.
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Kracman says the turnout at the vigil is a testament to how loved Brock was by everyone in and around Vivian.
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Alexander was arrested and is charged with second-degree murder and cyberstalking. He’s being held without bond.
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If you had Willie Green in your first NBA coach to be fired pool, you win. On Saturday, the Pelicans fired Green after the team lost ten out of their first 12 games, many by lopsided scores. Head of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars says wins and losses weren’t the main reason why the decision was made to fire Green.
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James Borrego was named interim head coach; and in the immediate aftermath of Green’s firing, Borrego said his job was to get the team to play hard, especially since there’s still 69 games to go in the season.
But last night, the Pelicans weren’t better. Although they showed fight after falling behind in the first quarter, they couldn’t keep up with the Golden State Warriors, and they lost, 124-106. Before the game, Pelicans fans at the Smoothie King Center gave their thoughts about the coaching change.
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It doesn’t get any easier for Borrego and the Pelicans — they host the world champion Oklahoma City Thunder tonight. Tipoff is at seven.
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A chemistry professor at Southeastern Louisiana University has filed a grievance against the school, asking to be reinstated as the lead of the Lake Maurepas Monitoring Project. William Most, the attorney who represents Dr. Fereshteh Emami (fuh-RESH-teh uh-MAH-mee), says she was removed after she had issued her report on levels of toxic metals and pollution in the lake.
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Most says the findings of Dr. Emami’s research caught university officials off-guard, and they immediately plotted to remove her from the project.
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Emami is a tenured professor of chemistry and remains with the school in that capacity. Most says what the school did in removing her from the Lake Maurepas Monitoring Project is a clear violation of the First Amendment and a violation of her academic freedoms.
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Southeastern says Dr. Emami’s complaint will be given due consideration to ensure that fairness and due process are afforded.