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  1. February 24, 2023

    How Baton Rouge Activists Won A Rare Civil Rights Settlement

    Activists who accused the Baton Rouge police of brutalizing them at a 2016 protest faced long odds as they sought to hold the department accountable. But two veteran civil rights attorneys helped secure the group a rare $1 million settlement this month as a two-week jury trial neared its conclusion.

  2. February 16, 2023

    Baton Rouge Settles Civil Suit Over 2016 Protest Crackdown

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will pay $1.17 million to two reporters and 12 protesters who alleged they were brutally arrested during a 2016 crackdown on Black Lives Matter demonstrations by the Baton Rouge Police Department in the wake of the police killing of Alton Sterling, their lawyer said Thursday.