The City Where Police Unleash Dogs On Black Teens
Charles Carey, 19, shows the scars on his leg from a 2019 Baton Rouge police dog bite. His grandmother Patricia Rogers is at left. Travis Spradling/Baton Rouge Advocate In Baton Rouge, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average. By Bryn Stole and Grace Toohey By Bryn Stole and Grace Toohey
Feature Filed 02.12.2021 6:00 a.m.
Charles Carey was riding his dirt bike through north Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2019 when a police cruiser flipped on its lights.
The bike had no license plate, and the 17-year-old thought police just wanted it off the road, he said. So he sped away. Officers gave chase.