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NEW ORLEANS 鈥� For the second time (DOJ) demanding a pattern-or-practice investigation into Louisiana State Police鈥檚 (LSP) history of targeted violence and misconduct towards Black people. The addendum to their provides extensive responses to three key inquiries the DOJ considers in determining whether to initiate a pattern-or-practice investigation into a state-run police department: the severity of the misconduct at issue; the lack of training that such conduct reflects and exacerbates; and the degree to which a federal investigation would satisfy an unmet need for accountability.

The second letter comes on the heels of showing a Louisiana State trooper beating Aaron Bowman, an unarmed Black man, over the head 18 times with a flashlight. The incident took place only weeks after Ronald Greene was killed by officers from the same troop鈥攖he highest ranking state trooper present on the night Greene was killed from LSP internal affairs despite reports of lying about his body camera footage.

鈥淔or nearly a decade, LSP has operated under a guise of professionalism and excellence, while it simultaneously demonstrates an unrelenting pattern of brutality and violence targeting communities of color,鈥� said Alanah Odoms, executive director of 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana. 鈥淲e can no longer rely on the Louisiana State Police to investigate their own misconduct and violations of the law. Federal oversight may be the only remedy to stop the senseless violence and taking of lives. Louisianans deserve a state police force that protects and serves all residents. With rampant police violence, cover-up schemes, and a lack of accountability for troopers who violate the law, we鈥檙e a long way from that reality.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 addendum cites an extensive list of federal civil rights cases filed against LSP between 2015 and 2021, many of which are gruesome and speak to a need for significant reform:

• Boot Man Inc. v. Patout: LSP officers in an unmarked car allegedly beat and seized a lot attendant for putting a boot on their car
• Groves v. LSP: a man was allegedly illegally pulled over and beaten
• Price v. LSP: a diabetic man was allegedly unlawfully detained and arrested
• Thomas v. LSP: a driver, during the course of a field sobriety test, was allegedly repeatedly tased by LSP officers without cause or justification
• Terrell v. Pichon: LSP officers allegedly tased and then beat a young Black man riding his bicycle
• Betts v. Brennan: LSP officers allegedly tased a man without cause or justification
• Smith v. LSP: LSP officers allegedly beat a man to the point where he was unrecognizable鈥攁nd then passed around pictures of him with the caption: 鈥渢his is what happens when you run from the police鈥�
• North Baton Rouge Matters v. City of Baton Rouge and Imani v. City of Baton Rouge: citizens protesting Alton Sterling鈥檚 killing were allegedly violently thrown to the ground and arrested by police, including LSP officers
• Greene v. DeMoss: LSP officers allegedly killed Mr. Greene and then covered it up
• Bowman v. Sheriff鈥檚 Office Ouachita Parish: LSP oversaw the hiring and training of the officers that allegedly kicked and hit Mr. Bowman to the point where he had a head laceration, fractured arm, and broken ribs鈥攁mong other ailments
• Frazier v. La. State Police et al.: LSP officers allegedly fraudulently arrested, imprisoned, and issued a fraudulent warrant for the plaintiff, who spent six months in jail for a crime he claims he did not commit
• Harris v. Brown: LSP officers allegedly knelt on a man鈥檚 head and brutally beat him using knee strikes and a flashlight
• Blake v. Brown: LSP officers allegedly assaulted and battered a man鈥攚ho was allegedly 鈥渘ot resisting, attempting to escape or being aggressive鈥濃�攁fter conducting an illegal search of his vehicle and finding approximately thirteen pounds of marijuana
• LaBauve v. State: state appellate court affirmed trial court ruling finding that an LSP trooper had used excessive force when he arrested a 76-year-old motorist by putting him face first on rocks and gravel to handcuff him

In addition to summaries of core allegations against the agency, the letter also describes LSP鈥檚 disturbing hiring and firing practices and finds that numerous officers found guilty of misconduct remain on the force. One officer successfully joined LSP鈥檚 Troop B after he was assigned to desk duty at Jefferson Parish Sheriff鈥檚 Office for his involvement in the killing of a Black man in 2018. This year, an LSP Troop F officer who killed two girls in a car crash due to negligence was given only a few months鈥� suspension鈥攖he officer had been in two previous crashes in less than three years.

The letter also documents the agency鈥檚 lack of training and accountability, stating that a federal court deemed LSP鈥檚 training materials both 鈥渞epugnant鈥� and 鈥渄iscriminatory.鈥� The agency has failed to properly train its officers in de-escalation techniques, including how to approach individuals suffering from mental health crises. A lack of de-escalation training led to the untimely deaths of and , both Black men who were killed by LSP officers while suffering from mental health episodes.

鈥淭here is no external oversight mechanism in existence to initiate training-based reforms within LSP,鈥� said Nora Ahmed, legal director of 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana. 鈥淭his coupled with the severity of the misconduct and lack of adequate transparency and accountability demonstrates that, in the absence of a federal investigation, LSP will continue to put Louisianans at risk of constitutional rights violations.

鈥淭he DOJ is uniquely positioned to remedy all of the misconduct listed in our formal demand, and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana stands ready to assist the Department however it sees fit.鈥�