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World in Progress: Investigating Louisiana State Police

June 15, 2022

The US Justice Department has opened a probe into Louisiana State Police. A 'pattern-or-practice' investigation will assess whether police has used excessive force and whether it engages in racially discriminatory policing. This comes some three years after the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene. DW speaks to Alanah Odoms, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.

https://p.dw.com/p/4Cjgm

DW: Why was this investigation only launched now, three years after the death of Ronald Greene?
 

Sarah Steffen Author and editor with a keen interest on underreported crises.