| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor
BELATED: Calvin Johnson, the retired New Orleans judge, had been waiting a half century for an apology, after he was arrested and convicted as a teenager for “inciting a riot,” that is, participating in a peaceful march to integrate his high school. He received the surprise apology on Thursday - from Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, no less - when he turned up at Loyola University law school’s baccalaureate Mass.
ENCORE: For the second consecutive summer, New Orleans police are getting help from State Police in patrolling the streets and enforcing a curfew designed to keep youths inside after 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. on weekends. They hope the extra staffing will help slow 2022’s increase in violent crime.
FOOTBALL FORECAST: Can the New Orleans Saints go 11-6 in Dennis Allen’s first season as head coach, after finishing 2021 at 9-8? Sports columnist Rod Walker thinks so. Read his game-by-game predictions.
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