Troop Nola is Out of Control
The Perils of Police Car Chases: A Risk Too Great New Orleans needs more police officers. And newly elected governor Jeff Landry’s decision to send reinforcements seems like a good…
Former Judge Reacts to Crime Special Session
Governor Jeff Landry has issued a call for a special session tasking the Louisiana legislature to consider a number of measures to address crime. There are people who favor the…
Formerly Incarcerated Get New Start
If you get out of jail in New Orleans and you don’t have a place to go what do you do? There’s an organization that stands in the gap called…
White Man Kills Three Blacks in Racially Motivated Attack in Florida
Leaders differ. By Pat Bryant* Jacksonville, Florida leaders are releasing information about the racially motivated mass shooting of three Black persons by a 21 year old white supremacist. Wearing a…
NOPD Consent Decree Stops Progress
New Orleanians deserve to know the truth about the federal consent decree. Whatever it is. We know the costs are staggering. But we don’t know how to get out of…
NOPD Chief Should be an Outsider
We Need an Outsider for the New Chief Conventional wisdom says Mayor LaToya Cantrell should promote interim NOPD Chief Michelle Woodfork to permanent chief. Listen to talk radio across the…
Promote Interim Chief Woodfork
It’s Time, Madame Mayor. Pick Your Police Chief Yes, that’s exactly what the city needs, a new police chief who’ll take two years to get settled into the job while…
A Day at Criminal Court in New Orleans
Watching Court on a Monday Morning By Orissa Arend On Monday mornings I step into a completely unfamiliar world – the criminal courthouse on Tulane and Broad. I am a…
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
From Our Pew Research Partners BY JOHN GRAMLICH More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the latest available statistics from…
NOPD Crime Plan Troublesome
We’ve Finally Found The Best Way To Fight Crime Finally, the wait is over. The NOPD has released its long anticipated crime plan. Hallelujah. Pop the champagne. Drop the confetti.…