Three New Orleans residents are suing the New Orleans Police Department, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department and the Louisiana State Police along with at least 100 of their officers for allegations of use of excessive force connected to the protest on the Crescent City Connection in the summer of 2020. It's a story that has been closely followed by WDSU Investigates. On June 3, 2020, police set up a line on the CCC to prevent hundreds of protesters from marching across the bridge. Following a tense standoff, police and protesters clashed, sometimes in hand-to-hand fighting. Officers fired tear gas and rubber munitions called stinger rounds, or rubber balls, to disperse the crowd. Several protesters and police were treated for injuries. The lawsuit alleges that there was no need for extreme force by the officers who were violating the NOPD's policies. Following an internal investigation, NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said his officers were responding to provocations by the protesters. He also admitted that he had not been fully made aware of the level of the response and that while the incident was a black eye for his department he viewed it as a learning experience.