ACLU OF LOUISIANA RESPONDS TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN BROWN V. POUNCY
February 21, 2024
February 21, 2024
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following agency statement on Feb. 20, 2024:
The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision to dismiss a Section 1983 action brought against DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office deputies by Mr. Jarius Brown--a Black man who was unlawfully beaten by officers who were later criminally charged by the U.S. Departm . . .
The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision to dismiss a Section 1983 action brought against DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office deputies by Mr. Jarius Brown--a Black man who was unlawfully beaten by officers who were later criminally charged by the U.S. Departm . . .