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Friday, April 26, 2024 | Back issues
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Police cover-up?

NEW ORLEANS — A federal court in Louisiana allowed a widow’s lawsuit to proceed against two Louisiana state police investigators who allegedly executed deficient warrants to search her car, house and phone after her husband was shot 20 times by police and sheriff deputies. She plausibly argued this illegal search was meant to find exculpatory evidence to justify the police’s use of force.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Civil Rights, Government, Personal Injury

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