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In small Louisiana town, losing police chief candidate allegedly hits officer riding in victory
In small Louisiana town, losing police chief candidate allegedly hits officer riding in victory paradeMelville police chief challenger Cleven Clark was arrested Saturday night, accused of hitting a Melville police officer who rode past his daughter’s home with sirens going off in celebration of Chief Anthony Moreau's re-election.
Clark said the chief and his officers were “harassing his family” by parading by him after the election results came in.
Moreau denied the allegation: "We didn’t know where he was at.”
The Melville Police Department has a tradition of parading through town when the incumbent chief wins re-election. Moreau said this tradition dates to the 1980s in the Louisiana town of some 1,050 residents.
Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_d5015fc8-fbfc-11e8-a2c0-77104dd5e85c.html
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