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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...

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.

PEARISBURG — A former volunteer church youth group leader accused of soliciting nude pictures of a Giles County boy said he planned to rape the boy during a church trip

PEARISBURG — Brandon Cody Boggs is ready to leave a state mental health facility and return to his family in Giles County, his attorney argued last week. But with recommendations for treatment after his release – but no formal plan for that treatment – Boggs should stay in the state’s custody awhile longer, a prosecutor replied. Six months after shooting his wife in the back and two months after being found not guilty by reason of insanity, the mental health of a decorated m...