New Orleans, Sheriff Susan Hutson
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After 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish Prison, Sheriff Susan Hutson is under fire for leadership failures, prompting a pause in her re-election efforts.
A man was reportedly shot during an armed robbery in New Orleans East on Thursday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Just before 10:30 a.m., emergency services were called to a home in the 4600 block of Lancelot Drive for a report of a "man down," police said.
Nearly a week after 10 inmates yanked open a faulty cell door inside a city jail and moved the toilet to squeeze through a hole, five remain on the lam.
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A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week,
New Orleans sheriff waited nearly a week to have the scene of a 10-man jailbreak processed for evidence by crime lab technicians, and then did so only at the behest of the district attorney, according to Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams.
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New Orleans police have reportedly spent years scanning live feeds of city streets and secretly using facial recognition to identify suspects in real time—in seeming defiance of a city ordinance designed to prevent false arrests and protect citizens' civil rights.
NOPD charged Evans Rogers and Devante Traylor with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 9-year-old.
For two years, the New Orleans police used AI to identify people on live camera feeds in order to make immediate arrests, The Washington Post reported.
The ACLU and ACLU of Louisiana are calling for the New Orleans Police Department to stop using facial recognition technology, as they believe it is undermining City Council orders and violates the fundamental rights of residents.
The U.S. Justice Department dropped a three-year civil rights investigation of Louisiana State Police on Wednesday.
Police say the victim was shot during an armed robbery on Lancelot Drive; he was taken to the hospital as the investigation continues.
NOPD crime stats show a decrease in gun arrests and seizures, but highlight significant arrests for violent crimes.