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Looming criminal charges against four Baton Rouge police officers stem from a 2020 incident in which officers unlawfully Tased and slapped someone in custody, then other members of the department's
BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department held a press conference Friday detailing what led to criminal charges for several police officers implicated in the investigation into the agency's Street Crimes division.
Pending criminal charges against several Baton Rouge police officers amid internal and federal investigations into the city's police department could impact hundreds of ongoing criminal cases, the District Attorney said.
The scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested three of its own officers, including a deputy chief, and charged them with trying to cover up excessive force during a strip search inside a department bathroom, the police chief announced Friday. “Lets be crystal clear, there is no room for misconduct or unethical behavior in our department,” Chief Murphy Paul said at a news conference Friday. The findings announced Friday stemmed from one of several administrative and criminal inquiries surrounding the street crimes unit.
Investigation triggered by lawsuits alleging abuse and sexual humiliation of people taken to unmarked torture warehouse