Kennedy Human Rights Center: Federal Court Rejects Sheriff's Bid to Dismiss Racial Profiling and Unlawful Search Case Against St. Tammany Parish Deputies
September 15, 2026
September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center issued the following news release:
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Federal Court Rejects Sheriff's Bid to Dismiss Racial Profiling and Unlawful Search Case Against St. Tammany Parish Deputies
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge rejected most of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office's attempt to throw out a civil rights lawsuit brought by Bruce Washington, a Black man who was illegally searched and r . . .
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Federal Court Rejects Sheriff's Bid to Dismiss Racial Profiling and Unlawful Search Case Against St. Tammany Parish Deputies
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge rejected most of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office's attempt to throw out a civil rights lawsuit brought by Bruce Washington, a Black man who was illegally searched and r . . .