Civil Rights

A naturalized U.S. citizen claims in a federal complaint that the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Civil-rights-2.pdf"><strong>jailed him for three days</strong></a> because of his Latino last name and falsely classified him as an out-of-state fugitive, though it had in its possession his U.S. passport, Social Security card and certificate of naturalization.

BATON ROUGE — A naturalized U.S. citizen claims in a federal complaint that the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office jailed him for three days because of his Latino last name and falsely classified him as an out-of-state fugitive, though it had in its possession his U.S. passport, Social Security card and certificate of naturalization.

Categories / Civil Rights, Government

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