We still wouldn't know about it, except that police from other jurisdictions were here helping out after the hurricane, and they reported what they saw.
Baton Rouge police officers routinely harassed black people, resorted to unnecessary violence and conducted illegal searches in the days after Hurricane Katrina
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Officers said they were under orders to make life rough for New Orleans evacuees so they would leave town.
Most of the worst allegations don't have names attached, which makes me a little skeptical. But some do:
If I got arrested for "pedestrian in the roadway", I would be in jail all the time. Officer Kenneth Clark still works for the BRPD. In 2007 he got a "medal of merit".
When the man protested being detained, Clark slammed him onto the hood of the patrol unit, cuffed him and put him into the back of the police car, [New Mexico State Police officer] Williamson said.
Williamson said Clark consulted with his colleagues about what he could arrest the man for, then cited him on counts of pedestrian in the roadway and disturbing the peace.
The police's response to all this?
Three whole days. Harsh.
In January 2006, after investigating the claims, the Baton Rouge Police Department announced that one officer was suspended without pay for three days, one was reprimanded and three others were to be counseled by supervisors.
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