You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Clay Higgins pictured at a press conference announcing his initial campaign for Congress in 2016.Advocate staff photo by LESLIE WESTBROOK -- Capt. Clay Higgins, spokesperson for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, speaks into the camera as he and law enforcement personnel from various agencies and black community leaders create a video asking for the public's help in bringing members of the Gremlins street gang to justice Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Public Safety...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Clay Higgins pictured at a press conference announcing his initial campaign for Congress in 2016.Advocate staff photo by LESLIE WESTBROOK -- Capt. Clay Higgins, spokesperson for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, speaks into the camera as he and law enforcement personnel from various agencies and black community leaders create a video asking for the public's help in bringing members of the Gremlins street gang to justice Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Public Safety...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The Opelousas Police Department officer busted alongside now-Congressman Clay Higgins for lying to internal affairs in 2007 about the unjustified beating of a bystander has been on the congressman’s payroll since shortly after Higgins took office three and a half years ago.John Chautin, a former Opelousas patrolman, helped Higgins violently take the man — Andre “Red” Richard” — to the ground after Richard pulled up outside a house that Higgins, Chautin and other police officers were searching. An internal affairs...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The Opelousas Police Department officer busted alongside now-Congressman Clay Higgins for lying to internal affairs in 2007 about the unjustified beating of a bystander has been on the congressman’s payroll since shortly after Higgins took office three and a half years ago.John Chautin, a former Opelousas patrolman, helped Higgins violently take the man — Andre “Red” Richard” — to the ground after Richard pulled up outside a house that Higgins, Chautin and other police officers were searching. An internal affairs...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.A photo from Duncan Plaza (left) shows a protest sign sitting where the bust of John McDonogh was after protesters defaced it and took it down before tossing it into the Mississippi River (right). Protesters sit outside the New Orleans Criminal District Court at Tulane and Broad after two people were detained for aiding in the the defacement of the John McDonogh statue in Duncan Plaza and tossing it into the Mississippi River.A sign supporting transgender and LGBTQ rights is placed where the former bust of John...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.A photo from Duncan Plaza (left) shows a protest sign sitting where the bust of John McDonogh was after protesters defaced it and took it down before tossing it into the Mississippi River (right). Protesters sit outside the New Orleans Criminal District Court at Tulane and Broad after two people were detained for aiding in the the defacement of the John McDonogh statue in Duncan Plaza and tossing it into the Mississippi River.A sign supporting transgender and LGBTQ rights is placed where the former bust of John...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.As daily deaths from the  in Louisiana appear to have plateaued, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins once again took to the internet to denounce emergency stay-at-home orders as a “betrayal of our constitutional freedoms” and demanded that restrictions be lifted by the beginning of next month.In a video , Higgins addressed “government oppressors” while decrying how businesses have largely been closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.Higgins, a Lafayette Republican, has been a vocal, though mostly...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.As daily deaths from the  in Louisiana appear to have plateaued, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins once again took to the internet to denounce emergency stay-at-home orders as a “betrayal of our constitutional freedoms” and demanded that restrictions be lifted by the beginning of next month.In a video , Higgins addressed “government oppressors” while decrying how businesses have largely been closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.Higgins, a Lafayette Republican, has been a vocal, though mostly...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Note: This story was updated on April 16, 2020 at 6:20 p.m. to reflect additional confirmed cases.Thirteen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staffers at the agency’s facility at the Alexandria airport have tested positive for coronavirus, the largest outbreak among staff at any ICE facility nationwide.The ICE Alexandria Staging Facility is normally used as a holding pen for immigration detainees as they await deportation flights out of the Alexandria International Airport. ICE Air, the agency’s charter...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Note: This story was updated on April 16, 2020 at 6:20 p.m. to reflect additional confirmed cases.Thirteen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staffers at the agency’s facility at the Alexandria airport have tested positive for coronavirus, the largest outbreak among staff at any ICE facility nationwide.The ICE Alexandria Staging Facility is normally used as a holding pen for immigration detainees as they await deportation flights out of the Alexandria International Airport. ICE Air, the agency’s charter...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Charles Carey, 19, who was bitten by a Baton Rouge police dog when he was 17, shows the scars that can still be seen on his leg. His grandmother Patricia Rogers is at left.This photo, taken by Charles Carey's family, shows the wound Carey, then 17, received when a Baton Rouge police dog bit his leg in 2019. The photo was taken a day after he was bitten.Patricia Rogers recounts how her grandson Charles Carey, now 19, was bitten by a Baton Rouge police dog in June 2019, when he was 17. "They need to do something about...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Charles Carey, 19, who was bitten by a Baton Rouge police dog when he was 17, shows the scars that can still be seen on his leg. His grandmother Patricia Rogers is at left.This photo, taken by Charles Carey's family, shows the wound Carey, then 17, received when a Baton Rouge police dog bit his leg in 2019. The photo was taken a day after he was bitten.Patricia Rogers recounts how her grandson Charles Carey, now 19, was bitten by a Baton Rouge police dog in June 2019, when he was 17. "They need to do something about...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond will hold a news conference Tuesday to address the future of his Louisiana congressional seat, according to a statement.NEW: Richmond's decision comes amid widespread speculation that the New Orleans Democrat could be tapped for a White House job under President-elect Joe Biden.Richmond, who's served in Congress for the past decade and was just re-elected to a sixth term, was an early and prominent supporter of Biden's presidential bid, serving as national co-chair of Biden's campaign...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond will hold a news conference Tuesday to address the future of his Louisiana congressional seat, according to a statement.NEW: Richmond's decision comes amid widespread speculation that the New Orleans Democrat could be tapped for a White House job under President-elect Joe Biden.Richmond, who's served in Congress for the past decade and was just re-elected to a sixth term, was an early and prominent supporter of Biden's presidential bid, serving as national co-chair of Biden's campaign...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.With chatter building that Cedric Richmond could resign his congressional seat to take a position in President-elect Joe Biden's new administration, jockeying and speculation over who will fill his not-yet-empty seat is already frenzied.Richmond, who just cruised to re-election, has previously disavowed interest in leaving his current job on Capitol Hill. On Friday afternoon, he dismissed questions about the talk of his potential exit -- though he did not flatly rule it out either.“There's nothing to report,” said...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.With chatter building that Cedric Richmond could resign his congressional seat to take a position in President-elect Joe Biden's new administration, jockeying and speculation over who will fill his not-yet-empty seat is already frenzied.Richmond, who just cruised to re-election, has previously disavowed interest in leaving his current job on Capitol Hill. On Friday afternoon, he dismissed questions about the talk of his potential exit -- though he did not flatly rule it out either.“There's nothing to report,” said...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Over the coming weeks, Amy Coney Barrett, a Metairie native who is now a judge on the federal appellate court in Chicago, will see almost every aspect of her life thoroughly examined as senators weigh her nomination by President Donald Trump for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.Trump officially nominated Barrett, 48, on Saturday evening after a week of rampant speculation that the staunchly conservative jurist who once clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia was the leading contender for the slot.The St....…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Over the coming weeks, Amy Coney Barrett, a Metairie native who is now a judge on the federal appellate court in Chicago, will see almost every aspect of her life thoroughly examined as senators weigh her nomination by President Donald Trump for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.Trump officially nominated Barrett, 48, on Saturday evening after a week of rampant speculation that the staunchly conservative jurist who once clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia was the leading contender for the slot.The St....WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Congressman Clay Higgins speaks during a Republican rally Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette.A Lafayette Police Officer speaks to Armed members of the Louisiana Cajun Militia as a meeting of the Lafayette City Council is held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at City Hall in Lafayette.Mike McComas, leader of the Louisiana Cajun Militia speaks to protesters as a meeting of the Lafayette City Council is held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at City Hall in Lafayette.Mike McComas, with...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Congressman Clay Higgins speaks during a Republican rally Monday, October 7, 2019, at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette.A Lafayette Police Officer speaks to Armed members of the Louisiana Cajun Militia as a meeting of the Lafayette City Council is held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at City Hall in Lafayette.Mike McComas, leader of the Louisiana Cajun Militia speaks to protesters as a meeting of the Lafayette City Council is held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at City Hall in Lafayette.Mike McComas, with...WW…