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MONROE, La. -- Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper.

MONROE, La. (AP) — Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper.

MONROE, La. (AP) — Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper.

MONROE, La. (Associated Press) -- Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederat...

MONROE, La. (AP) — Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards...

Jacob Brown, the son of a member of Louisiana State Polices top brass, Bob Brown, would become one of the most violent troopers in the state, reserving most of his punches, flashlight strikes and kicks for the Black drivers he pulled over along the soybean and cotton fields near where he grew up.

Dozens of current and former Louisiana State Police troopers described to The Associated Press as a culture of impunity, nepotism and in some cases outright racism.

MONROE, La. (AP) — Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting,

Jacob Brown (pictured left), 31, the son of a former top cop in the state, Bob Brown (right) was charged in September over a video showing him hitting a black motorist 18 times with a flashlight.