Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down East Jefferson Levee District Police Officers’ Qualified Immunity Claim
NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Ms. Deanna Thomas, an unhoused 56-year-old woman was handcuffed, violently thrown on the ground, and kneeled on by East Jefferson Levee District Police Department officers while being arrested for residing on a levee in Kenner, LA