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DDD Director Davis Rhorer dies from COVID-19
Davis Rhorer remembered for what he did for downtown BR By WAFB Staff | March 9, 2021 at 2:59 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 3:01 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Davis Rhorer, the Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Downtown Development District, has died.
He had been hospitalized with COVID-19 for several weeks and East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark confirmed Rhorer died from the disease just before 1:30 p.m.
Rhorer was appointed to the BREC Commission in 2013 by Mayor Kip Holden and reappointed by Mayor Sharon Weston-Broome in 2017. He was BREC’s longest-serving commissioner.
“No one will ever match Davis’s vision and dedication to building a vibrant and exciting downtown for Baton Rouge,” said Holden. “We worked together closely when I was a legislator and then as Mayor-President, and we shared great pride in the international awards his work received. Lois and I will miss Davis as a dear friend and Baton Rouge will mi
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Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP issued the following announcement on Feb. 26.
Taylor Porter participated in a Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partners in Education Roundtable Webinar - Public Education: Then and Now, Is it Still the Path to Freedom? The webinar was held Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, as part of a celebration of Black History Month and the continuation of the VIPS Partners in Education series. The webinar celebrated the achievements of African Americans, discussed the role education plays in the advancement of communities, and reflected on the history that African Americans endured to obtain an education, particularly in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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For the second time in eight months, a bystander video capturing a Baton Rouge police officer restraining a Black teenager is sparking outrage and prompting calls for reform. The video, posted to social media on Sunday, shows the officer wrapping his arm around the neck of the boy as he pinned him to the ground.
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has pledged a “thorough” investigation and advocacy groups say the incident reinforces longstanding concerns over the department’s use of force on young people.
“We’re going to conduct an investigation into the incident and report our findings at the appropriate time,” Chief Murphy Paul of the Baton Rouge Police Department said during a Monday afternoon press conference. “Until then, we’re asking the community to respect the process that is in place right now so that we can conclude that investigation and present all of the facts that have been known to us.”
By Cameron Jenkins - 02/23/21 10:12 AM EST
A video posted to social media showing a Louisiana police officer pinning a 13-year-old boy to the ground with his arm under his neck during an arrest has sparked an investigation.
In the video, which has been circulated on Twitter, an unidentified Baton Rouge, La., police officer is seen on the ground over a young boy with his arm around the boy s neck. In the background of the video onlookers can be heard saying He s a boy, get off of him! and You re choking him, according to CNN.
The clip also shows the officer then placing the teen in a sitting position and pulling his arms behind his back. The short video does not show what happened leading up to the arrest or after, CNN reported.