David Lefeve News Today

Baton Rouges park system is battling in court with a group of state employee pension funds over who gets millions of dollars in property taxes. But the long-term legal wrangling

Activists who accused the Baton Rouge police of brutalizing them at a 2016 protest faced long odds as they sought to hold the department accountable. But two veteran civil rights attorneys helped secure the group a rare $1 million settlement this month as a two-week jury trial neared its conclusion.