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New Orleans Police Department Deputy Superintendent Nicholas Gernon listens to Gentilly resident Aarafa Payne during a Thursday, Oct. 10 meeting on the city's potential exit from the consent decree.

Q&A: NOPD top brass talk sex crimes investigations, consent decree

by Michelle Liu December 24, 2024December 23, 2024

Survivors and advocates have recently raised issues with the New Orleans Police Department’s handling of sexual assault cases.

Twelve-year-old Lola Bolivar speaks at a Lafayette Square rally in protest of Trump's election on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.

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‘It keeps me up at night’: With Trump election win, immigrants in New Orleans fear the worst

by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick November 7, 2024December 11, 2024

Toni Jones (center) of New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police speaks to the press as Megan Bott of NOCOP (left) and Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste (right) stand by during a press conference about the city of New Orleans and Department of Justice's request to exit the consent decree on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

Some New Orleanians skeptical of city and DOJ’s request to exit consent decree

by Arielle Robinson October 2, 2024October 2, 2024