BATON ROUGE – Legal counsel for the parents of a 32-year-old Zachary man who died after being tased by Baton Rouge police last summer must show that the tasing was "the substantial cause" of his death to prevail in the lawsuit against the city's police department, a New Orleans attorney said.
BATON ROUGE–The Baton Rouge Police Department disputes whether evidence exists to substantiate a reporter’s allegation of excessive force, which an advocate for journalists says is a common reaction from law enforcement.
BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is rethinking its warrant language and search policies after a federal court found that members of the police department had authorized an unlawful strip search, and committed assault and battery on a subject.
BATON ROUGE – A television reporter’s federal lawsuit alleging that he was illegally confined and his First Amendment rights trampled while at a crime scene in Baton Rouge last year could help foster better relations between police and the press, the legal defense director of a journalists’ advocacy group said on Thursday.
BATON ROUGE – A police officer is suing an insurance company for allegedly wrongfully withholding premiums from his paycheck on the behalf of his ex-wife.