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July 18, 2006
Attorney General Charles C. Foti
State of Louisiana Office of the Attorney General
Investigations Division
1885 North 3rd St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Via: U.S. Mail and Facsimile to (225) 326-6197
Sheriff Jack Strain
Via: U.S. Mail and Facsimile
Re: Intent to Engage in Profiling
Dear Sheriff Strain:
A Federal District Court Judge has ruled that the Tangipahoa Parish School Board committed civil contempt by allowing officially sanctioned prayers by students at two school-sponsored events in 2005. The ruling stems from the third and fourth motions for contempt filed by the ACLU plaintiff to e
The ACLU of Louisiana filed a lawsuit today against the Lafayette Parish School Board, the Principal of Comeaux High School, and the Superintendent of Schools in defense of the First Amendment.
NEW ORLEANS -The ACLU of Louisiana supports a sensible approach to getting tough on crime, while protecting our freedom. The strategy of Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin in deploying National Guard troops in the city of New Orleans, however, avoids dealing with the real causes of crime and raises
NEW ORLEANS, LA - On the same day that the American Civil Liberties Union released a report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee condemning the U.S.