Charles Maldonado
Managing Editor at Verite
Managing editor at @veritenewsnola. Previously: Editor at @thelensnola. [email protected]
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2 months ago |
veritenews.org | Charles Maldonado
A federal judge on Friday (Jan. 31) temporarily blocked enforcement of a state law, passed last year, that creates a buffer zone around police, making it a criminal offense to come within 25 feet of a working officer after being ordered to step back. The preliminary injunction was issued in response to a lawsuit filed in July by six media companies, including Verite News’ parent company Deep South Today, asking for the law to be blocked.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
veritenews.org | Michelle Liu |Charles Maldonado
After more than a decade under federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department will finally have a chance to prove that it can police itself, a judge ruled Tuesday (Jan. 14). Since 2013, the NOPD has been under an expansive consent decree, intended to reshape virtually every aspect of the agency, with court-appointed monitors closely tracking its progress. Now, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling will allow the department to enter a two-year “sustainment” period — effective immediately.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
veritenews.org | Charles Maldonado
The New Orleans City Council launched a formal investigation on Thursday (Jan. 9) into the city’s handling of its street barrier systems, which are meant to deter the type of terrorist attack that occurred on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day. The investigation, announced last week, is meant to determine how the city’s busiest tourist thoroughfare was left without adequate physical barriers on Jan. 1, allowing Shamsud-Din Jabbar to plow into scores of pedestrians celebrating the holiday.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
veritenews.org | Charles Maldonado
As concerns have mounted over New Orleans’ anti-terrorism protocols in light of last week’s deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street, local and state officials have both promised official investigations. This week, the New Orleans City Council, which announced its own investigation on Friday, is set to hold its first hearing on the attack. On Wednesday (Jan.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
veritenews.org | Charles Maldonado
An Orleans Parish judge on Friday (Oct. 25) ordered the Louisiana State Police to halt its sweeps of homeless encampments around New Orleans, which began on Wednesday in advance of this weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts in the Superdome.
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RT @propublica: 📌 Set a reminder: Tomorrow at 2 pm CT, @VeriteNewsNOLA reporter @RichardAWebster will be doing a @reddit_AMA about his late…
“It’s a fraud, simply put,” defense expert Dr. Lowell Levine said in a hearing, referring to the forensic evidence that helped send Jimmie Duncan to death row.
27 years ago, bite marks were critical in convicting Jimmie Duncan for the killing of his girlfriend’s daughter. A newly uncovered tape of a forensic dentist mashing a mold of Duncan’s teeth into the victim’s body raises questions about the verdict. https://t.co/t85HyurOFn
Here is today's order enjoining the state from executing Jessie Hoffman by nitrogen hypoxia. https://t.co/OPZCPQjoEt
A federal judge has just put Louisiana's first execution in 15 years on hold. The state is appealing. As the legal battle plays out, @RichardAWebster has a story today — with @propublica — about one of the prisoners the state is determined to execute. 1/2
