Louisiana widow denied burial plot for sheriff's deputy husband in 'white's only' cemetery

Deputy Darrell Semien (Allen Parish Sheriff's Facebook)
(Allen Parish Sheriff's Facebook)
"She had this paperwork in her hand that she said was drawn up 70-plus years ago," Shayla told news station KATC.
"If we really wanted to have him buried here, we would have to get board approval because he was a colored man."
His family said they were shocked not only that the discriminatory rule was part of the cemetery’s contract, but also by how the woman handled the situation.
"[She said] just blatantly, with no remorse, ‘I can’t sell you a plot for your husband,’" another one of Darrell’s daughters, Kimberly Curly, told the news station.

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