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NAACP and residents press Hammond council for police transparency, request subpoena and oversight
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Activists and residents asked the council to subpoena the police chief, release body-camera footage and create a civil complaint review board after months of limited public updates on an alleged tasing/paralysis case; the administration said the file has been forwarded to an outside agency and will follow up.
Hammond — Civic leaders and residents pressed the Hammond City Council on Tuesday to produce answers about a six-month-old police investigation they say has lacked transparency and outside review.
Michael Showers, president of the Greater Tangipahoa Parish NAACP, told the council the community has waited months for results and asked the council to subpoena the police chief, produce body-camera footage and establish a civil complaint review board. Showers said he and others have…
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