NAACP officials are hopeful that planned changes at Swanson Correctional Center will reduce the number of escapes and make the facility safer for staff. Reverend Ambrose Douzart, president of the local NAACP, said he is hopeful that changes being…
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City leaders silent, as Governor and national news focus on Greene death
Monroe has made national news again, this time about the 2019 death of Ronald Greene. The whole nation watched disturbing videos of Greene being punched, stunned, and choked by State Police officers outside of Monroe, Louisiana. National leaders, news…
NAACP, Black Muslims say move to bypass state police in death is racially motivated
Family of David Harris hires two law firms to pursue his “wrongful” death: Nationally known civil rights attorney Carol Powell Lexing and the Pleasant, Williams, Miley-Banks Law Group. Both attorneys challenging city’s attempt to hide video footage of the Harris…
City tight lipped after man dies in police custody, protest
Black groups have joined the grieving family of David Harris who died while in police custody Saturday, resulting calls for an independent investigation and autopsy. The city’s refusal to explain the death prompted an immediate response from the local NAACP…
NAACP opposes Berry as school board president, sellout claimed
Daryll Berry has been named President of the Monroe City School Board in a controversial vote that the NAACP says does not reflect the interest of the students of the system. Berry, who was nominated and supported by the Board’s…
NAACP says new police “crackdowns” only target black neighborhoods
The Ouachita Parish NAACP thinks the city’s “crackdown” on crime and violence unfairly singles out the black community, while ignoring crime in other parts of the city. In a prepared release, NAACP president Ambrose Douzart said the civil rights organization…
NAACP says districts should protect lives of teachers in reopening
The NAACP thinks both the parish and city school boards should provide medical coverage for teachers exposed to the Coronavirus as school reopens this month. Rev. Ambrose Douzart, president of the Monroe/Ouachita NAACP, said Wednesday that both the local school…