| Credit: ardoin funeral home
The family of a Black sheriff s deputy in Louisiana is speaking out after they were denied a burial spot for him at a local cemetery due to its whites only policy.
Darrell Semien of the Allen Parish Sheriff s Office died on Sunday at the age of 55, according to his online obituary. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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When Semien s wife went to Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin to make funeral arraignments, she was refused a plot because he was not white, KPLC-TV reported.