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ALEXANDRIA - A Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office officer was sued in federal court for allegedly racially profiling children.
The complaint was filed on April 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by plaintiff Wesley Pigott, his Black 18-year-old daughter Mya Pigott and his Black 16-year-old son KP.
On April 17, 2020, Wesley Pigott went to pick up KP and his Latino friends after an evening of fishing. Mya Pigott was in the passenger seat.
The plaintiff says his daughter asked if they could drive past the Rapides Parish Detention Center, as she knew that her father frequently worked there.