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Report: Louisiana Police Dramatically Walk Back Explanation for Shooting Death of First-Grader
Chris Thompson · 11/06/15 12:05AMFirst-Grader Fatally Shot by Marshals Firing Into His Dad's Car
Chris Thompson · 11/04/15 08:40PMReporter Claims He Was Fired for Asking Louisiana Senator David Vitter About His History With Prostitutes
Andy Cush · 09/09/15 05:45PMDerek Myers, a television reporter with NBC affiliate WVLA in Baton Rouge, was fired from the network Tuesday after asking U.S. Senator and Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Vitter about his admitted history of patronizing prostitutes. Myers believes that he was terminated because Vitter’s campaign threatened to pull $250,000 in advertising from WVLA over the confrontation.
Four Charged With Pulling McDonald's Worker out of Drive-Thru Window and Beating Her
Jay Hathaway · 09/04/15 09:05AMA video that spread online earlier this week, showing a teenage McDonald’s employee being pulled through a drive-thru window and into a car, seemed too crazy to be real. But the attack wasn’t staged, and charges have been filed against the woman who allegedly grabbed the worker, plus three others in the car with her.
New Orleans, Which Still Has a White League Monument, May Finally Remove Its White League Monument
Andy Cush · 09/03/15 09:52AMEveryone knows that racism is over in America. We have a black president! Come on. Think about Oprah, and Jay Z is pretty famous too. What’s the problem, all those officially sanctioned monuments to violent white supremacist uprisings against the government? I mean, we’re working on taking them down. Baby steps.
Cops: Officer and Mayor's Sister Killed, Two Others Stabbed by Louisiana Man
Hudson Hongo · 08/26/15 06:35PMPolice: Louisiana Theater Shooter Acquired Gun Legally From Pawnshop
Brendan O'Connor · 07/25/15 10:05AMAuthorities announced Friday that John Houser, despite a history of mental illness and having been denied a concealed-carry permit seven years earlier, was able to legally acquire, in 2014, the 40-caliber handgun with which he killed three people and injured nine others at a Louisiana movie theater this week.
3 Dead, 7 Injured After Shooter Opens Fire in Louisiana Theater
Hudson Hongo · 07/23/15 09:01PMHamilton Nolan · 06/09/15 10:34AM
After 43 years of solitary confinement in Louisiana’s Angola prison, Albert Woodfox has been freed by a federal judge who wrote that “there is no valid conviction holding him in prison, let alone solitary confinement.” Woodfox has been convicted twice of killing a prison guard—and both convictions have been overturned.
Report: Oh God, This Guy Too, Probably
Hudson Hongo · 06/03/15 12:45AMAccording to NBC News, Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal will be making “a major announcement” about his 2016 plans later this month. Which—barring an declaration that he seeks to abolish the federal government and name himself Jindalator Supreme—means that he, too, is likely running for president.
New Orleans Housing Cop Found Shot to Death in Police Cruiser
Hudson Hongo · 05/24/15 04:00PMBobby Jindal Is Less Popular Than Even Barack Obama in Louisiana
Adam Weinstein · 05/18/15 12:50PMBobby Jindal Wants to Be President of Bigot Pizza Nation
Ashley Feinberg · 04/23/15 05:21PMLouisiana governor and presumed 2016 presidential contender Bobby Jindal has an op-ed in The New York Times in which he takes a stand against everyone taking a stand against businesses taking a stand against gay marriage, and publicizes his push to pass a bill forbidding his state from taking “adverse action” against businesses that discriminate against same-sex couples. How brave.
Dad Shoots Teen Son in Butt Over Empty Orange Juice Carton: Police
Taylor Berman · 03/23/15 09:10AMHorrified Onlookers Film Undercover Cop Pummeling Drunken Teen
Aleksander Chan · 02/19/15 01:50PMReport: Jamie Lynn Spears Pulls Huge Knife at Louisiana Pita Pit Brawl
Allie Jones · 12/31/14 08:40AMTeen Who Bragged About Threesome With His Teachers "Feels Really Bad"
Taylor Berman · 10/14/14 08:37AMLouisiana Restaurant Offers 10 Percent Discount for Gun-Toting Customers
Aleksander Chan · 09/29/14 12:08PMAs any American looking to eat out on a budget, I'm not one to pass up a great deal, and this one is arguably better than the McDonald's value menu: Bring your gun to Bergeron's Restaurant in Port Allen, La. and get 10 percent off your order for making the owner feel "safer." "I just need to see a weapon. I need you to be carrying a gun," Kevin Cox told NBC33.
Sorority Song Trashes "Boring Chodes," "Poser Cunts" in Other Chapters
Jay Hathaway · 08/26/14 01:24PMIf there's anything to be learned from last year's "most deranged sorority girl email ever," it's that the internal communications of sororities are endlessly charming, fascinating, and full of the word "cunt." The Louisiana State University chapter of Tri Delta has proven that once again this week with a leaked parody song trashing the "fucking lards" and "poser cunts" in every other sorority on campus