FBI Warns Cities in Louisiana to Brace for Potential Violence During Protests
The FBI’s New Orleans Field Division has issued a warning to law enforcement to be on the look out for potential violence in Baton Rouge and Shreveport.
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Louisiana Lawmaker Calls for Justice Department Probe After Police Shoot Black Man
A Louisiana lawmaker is calling on the Justice Department to investigate Bacon Raton Police after at least one officer shot a 37-year-old man to death while he was on the ground.
FBI: Louisiana Governor in 1960s Gave KKK Money to Quell Racial Violence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Louisiana’s governor in the mid-1960s doled out privately raised money to Ku Klux Klan members in hopes of avoiding racial violence, FBI records show. The Advocate reports that Klan members were promised money after the 1964 gubernatorial election in exchange for peace. FBI agents believed that Gov. John J. McKeithen, who…
Parker: Supreme Court to Decide Three Thorny Capital Cases
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2015-2016 term with oral arguments in October on three tough cases on capital punishment from the…
FBI Agent Shot Trying to Rescue 9-Year-Old from Kidnapper
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent was shot and wounded while trying to rescue a 9-year-old girl from a kidnapper in a Louisiana hotel Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The agent was struck in the leg and will survive. The 24-year-old kidnapping suspect, however, died after a member of the FBI task force shot…
District Attorney Awaits Results of FBI Probe into 22-Year-Old’s Death in Police Car
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How could 22-year-old Victor White III fatally shoot himself while handcuffed in the back of a police car in New Iberia, La.? The Louisiana State Police completed its investigation of the unusual case, but the 16th Judicial District Attorney Phil Haney said his office will await the results of a separate…
FBI Raids Homer Police Department As Part of Tight-Lipped Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents raided the Homer Police Department in Louisiana Friday as part of an investigation into the department, the Shreveport Times reports. Agents executed a search warrant announced, the FBI confirmed to the Times. The nature of the investigation is unclear but officers were told to turn over their Tasers, the Times…
Louisiana Shootout Suspects Probed for Link to Domestic Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some of the suspects in the fatal shootout with Louisiana deputies have ties to violent anarchists on the FBI’s domestic terrorism watch lists, the Associated Press reports. The FBI is joining the investigation of Thursday’s shootout in Laplace, La., where two deputies were killed and two more wounded, police said. At least…