The Cupeño people came sorrowing to the Pala reservation after being forcibly removed on May 12, 1903 from from the Warner Springs area they had called home for centuries
The family of Tommie McGlothen, Jr., along with family attorney James Carter of The Cochran Firm, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Shreveport Chief of Police Ben Raymond and four of the officers involved in McGlothen s death.
The lawsuit comes after a $25 million settlement demand by the family back in October, naming the City of Shreveport, Raymond, and the four SPD officers who were indicted in the case Treona McCarter, Brian Ross, D Marea Johnson, and James LeClare.
Carter told The Times on Tuesday there was no formal response to the settlement demand which is why they moved forward with the lawsuit as promised.
in state court. then he was convicted of federal civil rights charges. so it has happened. and it has happened where it wasn t as clear a profiling in some of these situations. and, you know, everybody is hinging on the fact, well, he didn t use the n-word. he didn t use other kinds of racial epithets. and i agree with attorney carter who you had on. right. because we played that tape over and over and over. and what he said. and, again, instead of having a cable news station analyze it, let the fbi. no one should have better equipment. thank you. but already we re seeing the news pundits at fox trying to undermine the justice department over the last couple of days. watch this. the department of justice, its active involvement in fomenting anti-involvement