stonewalling by law-enforcement officers. if you don t provide the narrative. reporter: the incident is now under federal investigation. blayne alexander, nbc news. with us now, alana odoms, executive director of the aclu of louisiana. it took two years, two years, for any footage to be made public. police initially told greene s family he died after his car hit a tree in a car chase. what does accountability look like in a case like this? accountability looks like holding law enforcement accountable by way of prosecution. and we suggest, at the aclu, of course, that every individual is entitled to due process of law. is entitled to their day in court. is entitled to a constitutional defense. but these officers. they are entitled to that. but, guess who else was entitled to that? mr. ronald greene. whether or not they perceived that he had committed a crime. he was entitled to his constitutional protections.
racist police to trial. we will we will challenge qualified immunity. and we will, also, seek to eliminate any-other loopholes within the law, that would prevent people who harm and police officers who harm their citizens from being held accountable. civilly and personally. alana, i want to drill down on this question of ending qualified immunity. because it s not just a conversation, of course, that is happening in louisiana. it is happening, nationally. and i there is a push, from progressives, to make sure that the george floyd justice in policing act grapples with qualified immunity. i suppose, my question is, can that legislation have the impact you want to see it have, without tackling qualified immunity? no, it can t. we have got to tackle qualified immunity. i want the viewing public to understand. that qualified immunity, simply, means that an officer can violate your constitutional rights, and can do so in the most profound and dehumanizing way.
Book discussion features talk on voting rights, Black history
Book discussion features talk on voting rights, Black history
and last updated 2021-02-27 23:18:22-05
A book discussion was held Saturday night in Carencro during which participants discussed voting rights of Black citizens and Black women in the United States.
Part of Louisiana Literary & Speakers Series from Southern University Law Center, the discussion focused on the book Black women Suffrage Movement and Black Voting Rights.
The Zoom webinar was moderated by Dr. Theodore Foster, a professor of history at UL and featured discussion from John Pierre, a professor and dean of Southern University Law Center; Alana Odoms, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union; Jonathan C. Jay Augustus, attorney and minister; Margaret A. Burnham, attorney and director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project; and Ernest Johnson, attorney and civil rights activist.