ACLU pursues complaints of police misconduct statewide

ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab collected more than 400 complaints of police misconduct statewide, filed upwards of 30 cases against law enforcement officers, and documented countless stories from survivors and family members impacted by police violence throughout the state.

This summer, in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice, ACLU demanded a pattern or practice investigation into misconduct by the Louisiana State Police.

Later in the year, the affiliate called upon the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana to scrutinize the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office long-standing racist policies, practices, and customs that have etched deep wounds in communities of color.

The campaign celebrated a significant milestone when the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled that the lawsuit of Raynaldo Sampy, a young man who was brutalized during the course of an arrest by seven Lafayette City Parish police officers, may proceed.

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