The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, assaulted drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.” In one case, a man says he was taken to the warehouse and beaten so severely he needed hospital care before being booked into jail. Since the first complaint was filed last month, the city’s mayor has ordered the facility closed, the police department has disbanded its street crimes unit and an officer at the center of the allegations — the son of a current deputy chief — resigned and was arrested on a simple battery charge.
During Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner's press conference Wednesday, he announced nine indictments in the Gershun Freeman case. He said he stands by the deputies.
in this georgia case well, the first step is going to be that all of these defendants have to be arraigned, meaning they have to appear before a court. it s unsure person in-person or virtual, but at the court appearance, a judge will formally let them know what the charges are against them and ask them to enter a plea. whether the plea is of guilty or not guilty. obviously. we re expecting a plea of not guilty for each of these 19 defendants. and the judge is then going to site motion schedule. motions for the defense to file, motions to dismiss on various different grounds. possibly site trial schedule as well. that will be the ineligible appearance for all 19 defendants. federal authorities have opened a civil rights investigation into saturday s racially motivated mass shooting in florida. on sunday, the jacksonville community held a vigil for the three victims killed by a gunman at a store near an historically