The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge have yet to file an answer to a civil rights lawsuit filed in March by seven local residents who claim they were brutalized and unlawfully arrested last summer during peaceful protests of over the fatal shooting of a black man by police.
BATON ROUGE – The sister of a deceased East Baton Rouge Parish man has filed suit against members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department over allegations that excessive force caused the man's death.
BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux faces a lawsuit after a now former prison deputy used pepper spray near Glen Oaks High School students and parents.
BATON ROUGE — Pointing to news reports, cell phone videos and photographs, three people who were arrested during protests in Baton Rouge after the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling are suing Baton Rouge officials and state police for civil rights violations, alleging police responded to protesters in a “militarized and aggressive manner.”
BATON ROUGE – A federal judge's decision to postpone a hearing in a protest-related lawsuit against Baton Rouge area police in light of recent violence against local law enforcement could indicate all sides are communicating, said a Loyola University law professor.
BATON ROUGE — An inmate is suing the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff and several prison guards alleging their negligence resulted in him being severely injured in an attack in which he was knocked unconscious by a fellow prisoner.
Ackel Construction Co. owner George Ackel is seeking more than $4 million in damages over alleged civil rights violations in a suit against East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid J. Gantreaux.
