 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Four Baton Rouge police officers were criminally charged Tuesday after one of them allegedly beat a suspect and the others allegedly tried to cover it up or did not report it, District Attorney Hillar Moore said. Read the full story.
Also, in relation to BRPD: The department’s policy on strip searches has been scrutinized since a series of federal lawsuits last year accused officers of detaining suspects and taking them to an unmarked interrogation facility that’s come to be known as the “BRAVE Cave.” Read the latest on the lawsuits.
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, whose congressional district was remapped out from under him, announced Tuesday that he won’t be seeking any other public office now that he is not running for reelection this fall. Read more about what he said.
Lastly, Gov. Jeff Landry is calling on his supporters to “stand up for Judeo-Christian values” in response to a lawsuit seeking to block Louisiana’s controversial new law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments. Read more. | 
