Southerners Push Back Against Removal Of Confederate Statue

The statue of Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in New Orleans.
Photo: AP

[From article]
Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching of a contractor’s Lamborghini.
For now, at least, things have gotten so nasty, the city hasn’t found a contractor willing to bear the risk of tearing down the monuments. The city doesn’t have its own equipment to move them and is now in talks to find a company, even discussing doing the work at night to avoid further tumult.
Initially, it appeared the monuments would be removed quickly after the majority-black City Council on Dec. 17 voted 6-1 to approve the mayor’s plan to take them down. The monuments, including towering figures of Gens. Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, have long been viewed by many here as symbols of racism and white supremacy.
The backlash is not surprising to Bill Quigley, a Loyola University law professor and longtime civil rights activist in New Orleans who’s worked on behalf of a group demanding the monuments come down.
The South has seen such resistance before, during fights over school integration and efforts in the early 1990s to racially integrate Carnival parades in New Orleans.
“Fighting in the courts, fighting in the legislature, anonymous intimidation,” Quigley said. “These are from the same deck of cards that are used to stop all social change.”

http://nypost.com/2016/03/25/removal-of-confederate-symbols-turns-nasty-in-new-orleans/

Removal of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans
By Associated Press
New York Post
March 25, 2016 | 12:44pm

Brain Eating Amoeba Found In Louisiana Waters

[From article]
Naegleria Fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm water, from another drinking water supply in Louisiana.
Naegleria Fowleri was detected during routine tests on Aug. 5 at a utility district in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, roughly 80 miles from New Orleans. A press release was issued on Monday, Aug. 17.
[. . .]
Humans are infected when water containing the amoeba travels through the nose and migrates to the brain, destroying the tissue.
"We want to emphasize that the water is completely safe to drink. The amoeba cannot survive your stomach acid and is harmless when consumed in this manner," the DHH said in a recent press release.
[. . .]
The Terrebonne Parish site is the third regional site to test positive for the amoeba within the two months.
The brain-eating amoeba was detected late July in Ascension Parish, roughly 25 miles from Baton Rouge.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/brain-eating-amoeba-louisiana-drinking-water-warm-terrebonne-parish-naegleria-fowleri/51859270
Third Louisiana Public Water Supply Site Tests Positive for Brain-Eating Amoeba
By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
August 19, 2015; 7:02 PM ET

Louisiana Boy, 9, Gives Cards, Coins To Keep Police Officers Safe

[From article]

Nine-year-old Jayden Witsell is an aspiring law enforcement officer. But he's got a little something extra with his uniform that he's made his mission to share with real law enforcement officers.
"It's a St. Michael's coin," Witsell told an officer. "If you keep it in your pocket, or in your unit, it will keep you safe everywhere you go."
A little more than a month ago, Jayden and his mom started riding around with envelopes that say "Police Lives Matter." In them, are cards with a hand-written 'thank you,' plus the coin. The goal is to give them to any officer, deputy or trooper they spot.
"He just come to me and said, 'Mom there's too many bad things going on in the world. People just don't have respect for law enforcement officers and I want to do something nice for all the police officers," said his mother Angelique Witsell.
Jayden said, "To me, police lives just matter."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/15/inspiration-nation-kid-police-officer/71260320/

9-year-old boy chases down cops to give them this
Ashley Rodriguez

WWL

5:40 p.m. EDT June 15, 2015

Updated: Suspect in Custody Shoots and Kills New Orleans Police Officer; Captured After Escape

Posted June 20, 2015 5:04 PM ET; Last updated June 21, 2015 10:13 PM ET


NOPD
Daryle Holloway, a 22-year New Orleans Police Department veteran, was fatally shot in the head by a suspect he was transporting.

[From article]
New Orleans cops on Sunday caught the man suspected of gunning down one of their own, authorities said.

http://nypost.com/2015/06/21/suspected-gunman-nabbed-in-fatal-new-orleans-cop-shooting/

Suspected gunman nabbed in fatal New Orleans cop shooting
By David K. Li
New York Post
June 21, 2015 | 12:29pm

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[From article]
Officer Daryle Holloway, 46, was killed during a struggle with accused shooter Travis Boys, who smuggled a gun into the cruiser and managed to shoot the officer in the right side of his chest while he was handcuffed, New Orleans Police Department spokesman Tyler Gamble said. The 22-year-old veteran of the police force died shortly after 9 a.m., leaving his heartbroken family reeling a day after they had gone shopping for Father’s Day.
[. . .]


NOPD
Louisiana authorities are searching for Travis Boys, 33, who allegedly grabbed [officer's weapon and] shot a police officer.

Holloway was taking Boys to Orleans Parish Prison when the flexible perp maneuvered his hands to the front of his body, shot the cop and then busted through the cruiser cage that separates the front and back seats to escape out of the passenger side door, Gamble said.
Boys, 33, fled on foot after the police vehicle crashed into a utility pole near the intersection of Elysian Fields and North Claiborne Aves., sparking a huge search and a $10,000 reward for his capture.


Photo: GERALD HERBERT/AP
The officer crashed after he was shot, police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-orleans-fatally-shot-transporting-suspect-article-1.2265148

 New Orleans cop Daryle Holloway fatally shot while transporting suspect who escaped out of patrol car's cage; manhunt underway
BY MELISSA CHAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 1:18 PM
Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 4:40 PM

Deadly Bacteria Released At Tulane University Lab

[From article]
A dangerous, often deadly, type of bacteria that lives in soil and water has been released from a high-security laboratory at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Louisiana. Officials say there is no risk to the public. Yet despite weeks of investigation by multiple federal and state agencies, the cause of the release and the extent of the contamination remain unknown, according to interviews and records obtained by USA TODAY.
The incident has raised concerns that bacteria from the lab may have contaminated the facility's grounds and though initial, limited tests didn't detect it, some officials are pressing behind the scenes for more action, records show. The safety breach at Tulane's massive lab complex 35 miles north of New Orleans is the latest in a recent series of significant biosafety accidents at some of the most prestigious laboratories in the country where research is performed on bacteria and viruses that are classified as potential bioterror agents.
[. . .]
"Human error is always the first explanation you should consider for a laboratory accident," Ebright said. "The easiest way to transfer something from one place where it's supposed to be, to another where it isn't supposed to be is by a worker moving from one place to the other."
Sloppy biosafety practices can result in pathogens being tracked out of labs on shoes, coats, gloves, hands or other materials that weren't properly sterilized before being removed, he said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/01/tulane-primate-bio-lab-bacteria-release/24137053/

Deadly bacteria release sparks concern at Louisiana lab
Alison Young

USA TODAY 

6:13 p.m. EST March 1, 2015

Shrevesport, Louisiana Bans Little Free Library

Photo courtesy of Ricky Edgarton
CLOSED: A cease and desist letter has forced Shreveport resident Ricky Edgarton to padlock his Little Free Library.
[From article]
“They said it was an anonymous caller who complained about it, and when somebody complains then the city is obligated to act on it,” Edgarton said, adding he and his wife were incredulous when they received the letter.

http://watchdog.org/200070/little-free-library-2/

Shreveport man padlocks his Little Free Library after cease-and-desist letter
By Chris Butler
February 16, 2015 

Two Louisiana High School Women Teachers Charged With Having Sex With Student

Shelley Dufresne (left), 32, and 24-year-old Rachel Respess were arrested after allegedly having a threesome with a student. 
Photo: Kenner Police Department

Howie Carr would say they are "not guilty."

[From article]
Shelley Dufresne, 32, and Rachel Respess, 24, from Destrehan High School in Louisiana are charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Their antics were brought to the attention of police after the student bragged about his sexual encounter at school.
According to the sheriff’s office, the teachers had sex with the student after a football game on Sept. 12 at Respess’ home.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/02/teachers-arrested-for-alleged-threesome-with-student/

Teachers arrested for threesome with student
By News.com.au
October 2, 2014 | 10:03am

Louisiana U.S. Senator Challenged on Residence

[From article]
A week ago, Maness, a Tea Party-backed retired Air Force colonel, informed the Louisiana secretary of state of inconsistencies in Landrieu’s residency status. The Washington Post looked into the issue and found she listed her parents’ home in New Orleans to qualify for the ballot, but listed her home on Capitol Hill in Washington as her home address.
"The Constitution, Louisiana law and common sense say candidates for Senate have to live here when they qualify — all of the evidence shows that Mary Landrieu doesn't live here," Maness said in a statement.
"Election Code empowers our district attorneys to object to a candidate's qualification when presented with evidence,” he continued. “There is no question that compelling and overwhelming evidence has now been presented. The most appropriate way to resolve this is to have the law upheld by the proper authorities."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/216271-tea-party-candidate-files-residency-challenge-against-landrieu

August 29, 2014, 04:33 pm
Tea Party candidate files residency challenge against Landrieu
By Scott Wong

Murder Suicide, Exposed Fake Marriage For Citizenship

[From article]
The events leading up to the murder and attempted suicide are not entirely clear, but Sheriff Stasi noted that Rogers’ daughter, Kimberly Ann Scott-Rogers, was testifying before a grand jury at the time her father was shot. Stassi told The Times-Picayune that the marriage between Scott-Rogers and Hodgkinson was a ploy to acquire citizenship for the British citizen, with whom Rogers was involved in a sexual relationship.
The Advocate reports that Rogers had fled the United Kingdom in the 1990s after he was accused of sexually abusing children at his dance studio. Hodgkinson and another student at the dance studio followed Rogers to the United States, where the three of them continued to live together for more than 20 years.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/01/la-television-personality-killed-by-son-in-law-and-alleged-lover-in-murder-suicide-attempt/

Baton Rouge TV personality killed by son-in-law and alleged lover in murder-suicide attempt
By Scott Kaufman
Monday, September 1, 2014 12:53 EDT

Missing FL Teen Girl Found in LA With Sex Offender

[From article]
Myers was found guilty of child molestation in March 1999, according to court records from Forsyth County, Ga. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison and 10 years’ probation, which he twice violated, the court records show. He returned to prison in May 2010 and was released in February 2012.
[. . .]
A teacher at an Arizona prison was alone in a room full of sex offenders before being stabbed and sexually assaulted by a convicted rapist, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press about an attack that highlighted major security lapses at the facility.
The attack occurred Jan. 30 at the Eyman prison’s Meadows Unit, which houses about 1,300 rapists, child molesters and other sex offenders. The teacher was administering a high school equivalency test to about a half-dozen inmates in a classroom with no guard nearby and only a radio to summon help.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/19/missing-teen-who-was-stabbed-found-with-sex-offender-after-car-chase/

Missing teen found with sex offender after car chase
By Associated Press
June 19, 2014 | 2:56pm

New York Post

Drones Used in Louisiana To Kill Feral Pigs

[From article]
His aircraft is worth about $2,000 whereas the camera attached can cost upwards of $10,000 and beyond.
He recoups some of that money by charging a kill rate on the amount of pigs he kills, which is $25 per pig.
'Whoever’s got the most pigs and the most money, that’s where we’ll be.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2519899/The-boar-war-Hunters-using-DRONES-high-power-firearms--kill-pigs-Americas-deep-south.html

The boar war: Hunters using DRONES and high-power firearms... to kill pigs in America's deep south
Louisiana Hog Control track pigs with thermal imaging camera on a plane
While an operator flies the aircraft hunters on the ground follow directions
Feral pigs cause billions of dollars worth of damage to crop fields ever year
By AARON SHARP
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 11:58 EST, 7 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:14 EST, 7 December 2013

Young Louisiana Woman Found Dead After Seeking Travel Help on Social Media

[From Article]
Lindsay decided to venture out on her own to explore the world.
'She had beautiful blue eyes and a free spirit,' Mrs Ellixson told The Advocate.
'She just had a lot of struggles that she needed to overcome.'
Lindsay was one of three kids who are all adopted.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514764/Social-media-pleas-bring-clues-brutal-murder-Lindsay-Ellixson.html

Woman, 21, on Louisiana adventure to 'figure out life' is found murdered and dumped in a bayou after asking strangers for ride
The body of Lindsay Louise Ellixson, 21, was found in a canal in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday by fishermen
She had been killed by blunt trauma to the head, neck and chest and had been in the water between two and five days
Ellixson had been on an extended trip 'exploring the world', with her adoptive mother, Catherine Ellixson, saying she 'had a lot of struggles she needed to overcome'
Social media posts show Ellixson pleading for 'a ride and somewhere to stay' in the months before her death, also listing herself as 'engaged'
Her boyfriend, Clinton Allen Head, 31, said they were never 'officially' engaged but were 'in love'
Her heartbroken father, Chris Ellixson, said: 'She's looking down on us, smiling, wishing us a happy Thanksgiving.'
By JOEL CHRISTIE
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 22:29 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:03 EST, 28 November 2013

Relatives Rescue Kidnapped Woman, Kill Kidnapper

Scott Thomas, left, abducted Bethany Arceneaux, right, Wednesday. He was killed by her family members Friday, police said. 

(Image taker from TheAdvertiser.com)

[From article]
The family of an abducted Louisiana woman rescued her and killed her abductor Friday, according to news reports.
Bethany Arceneaux, 29, was kidnapped Wednesday by Scott Thomas, 29, as she picked their child up from daycare, police said.

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013/11/09/family-members-rescue-abducted-woman-kill-captor/

Family members rescue abducted woman, kill captor
4:30 pm November 9, 2013
by George Mathis

Non Hollywood History of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

This historical account of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker mentions the role the prison system had in creating the monster that was Clyde Barrow. Think of all the police and civilians who were murdered by this gang after horrific abuse suffered by Barrow while in prison for theft during the Great Depression. Dehumanizing criminals by police continues in 2013, where police refer to suspects as "dirt bags," and "scum bags." 



Parker with 1932 Ford V-8 B-400 convertible sedan.



Clyde Barrow in 1926, aged 16

[From article]
According to John Neal Phillips, Barrow's goal in life was not to gain fame or fortune from robbing banks, but to seek revenge against the Texas prison system for the abuses he suffered while serving time.
[. . ]
After Barrow was released from prison in February 1932, he and Ralph Fults assembled a rotating core group of associates and began a series of small robberies, primarily of stores and gas stations; their goal was to collect enough money and firepower to launch a raid of liberation against Eastham prison.
[. . .]
On January 16, 1934, Barrow finally made his long-contemplated move against the Texas Department of Corrections as he orchestrated the escape of Raymond Hamilton, Henry Methvin and several others in the infamous "Eastham Breakout" of 1934.[26] The Texas prison system received national negative publicity from the brazen raid, and Barrow appeared to have achieved what Phillips describes as the burning passion in his life: exacting revenge on the Texas Department of Corrections.
[. . .]
Historical perspective
Through the decades, many cultural historians have analyzed Bonnie's and Clyde's enduring appeal to the public imagination. E.R. Milner, an historian, writer, and expert on Bonnie and Clyde and their era, put the duo's enduring appeal to the public, both during the Depression and continuing on through the decades, into historical and cultural perspective. To those people who, as Milner says, "consider themselves outsiders, or oppose the existing system," Bonnie and Clyde represent the ultimate outsiders, revolting against an uncaring system. "The country's money simply declined by 38 percent", explains Milner, author of The Lives and Times of Bonnie and Clyde. "Gaunt, dazed men roamed the city streets seeking jobs ... Breadlines and soup kitchens became jammed. (In rural areas) foreclosures forced more than 38 percent of farmers from their lands (while simultaneously) a catastrophic drought struck the Great Plains ... By the time Bonnie and Clyde became well known, many had felt the capitalistic system had been abused by big business and government officials ... Now here were Bonnie and Clyde striking back."


http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Bonnie+%26+Clyde

Non Hollywood History of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

MA No Longer Most Corrupt State

Shady business: Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (right) and his attorney arrive at court in February. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of taking bribes and free trips in exchange for city contracts.

These rankings are are based on the number of convictions, which is misleading. It shows that the maintenance mechanisms are working. But in Massachusetts the criminal justice system does not address government corruption. Crime families now control police agencies of the state and the federal government's offices in Massachusetts. It is not possible to fight government corruption in Massachusetts. One major obstacle is the influence of Harvard University within the state. Education dominates the Massachusetts economy. Harvard University dominates education. Harvard University graduates and affiliates are elected and appointed to many offices in the local, state and U.S. government offices in Massachusetts. The corrective mechanisms are directed downward only. Police concentrate on street crime. State police protect elected officials from arrests conveniently withholding documents and records. The FBI frames innocent civilians and provides the identity of civilians who report crimes to criminals who execute them. Massachusetts is underrated in this survey due to faulty reasoning. The only time corruption is addressed is when the government prosecutors are dragged screaming by the Boston Herald which exposes what they can, fighting the Democratic criminal class which controls the state. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412634/Louisiana-tops-list-countrys-corrupt.html

Want to keep your hands clean? Give Louisiana politics a miss: State tops the list for corruption in public office

Louisiana convicted 403 public officials in the past decade, according to the Justice Department
The Dakotas, Kentucky and Alaska made it into the top five for corruption
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin goes on trial next month for taking $200,000 in bribes and free vacations in exchange for city contracts following Hurricane Katrina
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 13:23 EST, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 14:31 EST, 5 September 2013

Louisiana Police End Bank Stand Off Killing Disabled Man, Who Shot Two Hostages

Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, Disabled Man, Shot Dead By Louisiana Police

[From article]
Edmonson said Ahmed was a paranoid schizophrenic who believed a device had been implanted in his brain and that the situation was not a bank robbery attempt but a planned attack.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LOUISIANA_BANK_HOSTAGES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-14-04-20-33

Aug 14, 4:20 AM EDT
POLICE KILL LA. BANK HOSTAGE TAKER; 1 HOSTAGE DIES
BY HOLBROOK MOHR
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alaska Serial Killer Commits Suicide in Jail

Photo: AP 
Anchorage, Alaska, barrista, Samantha Koenig, 18. Investigators say Israel Keyes was not only suspected of killing Koenig but may be linked to seven other possible slayings around the country. 

Photo: AP

Bill and Lorraine Currier are seen. Investigators say Israel Keyes was suspected of killing the Curriers.

Photo: AP
Israel Keyes

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/killing_suicide_murders_committed_iKPG1nidvQnoBsV5W7mhkN

Gruesome details about serial killer connected to 11 murders revealed in timeline released by FBI after monster committed suicide in Alaska prison
From ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:27 AM, August 13, 2013
Posted: 10:14 AM, August 13, 2013

Teen Kills Random Louisiana Man As Initiation

Savage murder: Esterrell Simpson (above), 18, is accused of lighting Carlos Hernandez (below), 30, on fire after her two accomplices beat him and doused the man with gasoline as part of a gang initiation


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333436/Carlos-Hernandez-murder-Girl-18-admits-randomly-picking-stranger-dousing-gasoline-burning-death-gang-initiation-ritual.html

Girl, 18, 'admits randomly picking stranger, dousing him with gasoline and burning him to death in gang initiation ritual'
By Snejana Farberov
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:37 EST, 30 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 30 May 2013

White Family Knocked Unconscious by Black Group in Louisiana

Donald Dickerson
(Source: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office

http://www.wafb.com/story/22240991/family-attacked-for-being-in-wrong-neighborhood

Police: Family attacked for being in "wrong neighborhood"
Posted: May 13, 2013 11:30 PM EDT
Updated: May 13, 2013 10:50 PM
By Kiran Chawla
WAFB-TV Ch. 9
CBS Baton Rouge LA
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http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/wrong-color-in-the-wrong-place/

WND EXCLUSIVE
WRONG COLOR IN THE WRONG PLACE
Family stopping to refuel attacked, beaten
Published: May 18, 2013
COLIN FLAHERTY

Off Duty LA Officer Fires Gun In Strip Club Bar

Officer Delatte was allegedly at the Crazy Horse Cabaret checking his Glock in the bathroom when the gun discharged

http://www.kait8.com/story/21882943/off-duty-officer-suspended-after-gun-discharges-in-strip-club-restroom

Off-duty officer suspended after gun discharges in strip club restroom
KAIT-TV Jonesboro AR
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 3:15 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 05, 2013 12:26 PM EDT
Posted by Amber Stegall