Stuck in the Middle with You
September 21, 2015
It’s election time again and the Sheriff races in SoLa have the potential to change the current trend where the general public is developing serious mistrust in their law enforcement. The entire region surrounding Lafayette is at a turning point and the direction they turn greatly depends on the outcome of the Sheriff’s election in four neighboring parishes. Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish and Iberia Parish.
Public awareness of police brutality (or worse) is at a fever pitch on a national scale after the riots of Ferguson and then compounded with the deaths of Tamir Rice, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, and Freddie Gray. The result of this awareness has put every officer under the microscope of a critical public eye. The message is clear, our communities will not tolerate any abuse by an officer. Everyone is on high alert, especially the cops who are being targeted unjustly.
The parishes of and around Lafayette are not immune to this syndrome. In fact, as I type this chapter, there is a protest happening in front of the Lafayette Police Station regarding the shooting of Trevin Lewis who, witnesses say, was running for his life when an LPD officer shot him in the back. The LPD then asked the neighbor to show them her private security video and upon watching it, they immediately confiscated that recording. So far, the LPD is refusing to share it with the public and so… there’s a protest happening in front of the police station as I type this.
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