A bill that would require people to stay at least 25 feet away from law enforcement officers — when ordered — while they are engaged in their official duties moved one step closer to becoming law Tuesday (May 30) after it won approval from a Senate committee in the Louisiana Legislature.The controversial proposal has already […]
Richard A. Webster
Before coming to Verite, Richard A. Webster spent the past two and a half years as a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. He investigated allegations of abuse against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and claims of racial and economic inequities within Louisiana’s Road Home recovery program following Hurricane Katrina.
Webster previously was a member of The Times-Picayune’s investigative team, reporting on numerous special projects including “The Children of Central City,” an in-depth look at childhood trauma through the lens of a youth football team; “A Fragile State,” a multi-part series on Louisiana’s mental health care system; and “Dying at OPP,” which examined the deaths of inmates in Orleans Parish Prison.
