After having gleaned a bit about the tragic story in Sanford, Florida, where a seemingly-overzealous Neighborhood Watch volunteer got into a physical confrontation with a decidedly-unpleasant 17-year old kid and ended up shooting said kid while getting... »
Want to see a copy a court order setting bail for Jean Lafitte's brother? To read how the government charged Andrew Jackson with contempt for arresting a federal judge during a controversy over martial law in New Orleans? To hear... »
In Baton Rouge and elsewhere in Louisiana, the 1993 murder of Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Betty Smothers represented one of the saddest examples of the tragedy of violent crime imaginable. Smothers, a mother of six children working an off-duty late night s... »
Via WWL-TV in New Orleans. Hey Brian, welcome back to Louisiana. Where’s your goatee, dude? The question is how much jail time this clown’s gonna get. Though one imagines the reception he’ll have at Central Lockup in New Orleans this evening will make ... »
We’ve delved into this story a couple of times already, here and here. And one of the things we’re most irritated about is the initial reaction to it by the New Orleans Police Department, which has assumed its usual “Not Our Problem, Dude” attitude abo... »
Members of Congress, Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, prominent among them, have come riding to the rescue of investors who took a bath in Allen Stanford's alleged $7 billion scam. Stanford, who has been in jail awaiting trial since 2009, found... »
Millions of people all over the world have fallen victim to modern-day slavery. Human trafficking isn't a problem that's just happening overseas. It's happening in our own backyard. read more »
