#East Baton Rouge Parish

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The Crenshaw Children Monument-Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Did Vacherie, Louisiana's Nikeal Franklin, Jy'Shaun Jackson shoot 12 people in Baton Rouge?

Both Nikeal Franklin, 19, and Jy’Shaun Jackson, 19, are residents of Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. Vacherie is around 50 miles away from Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

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Affidavit of Jeff Williams, who was blocked from registering to vote, 11/2/1872: 

“ . . . after the white men all present were registered the Supervisor said he had no more blanks, and stopped registering . . . ”

File Unit: 1872 Election-East Baton Rouge Parish-W and Y, 1872 - 1886

Series: Affidavits of Rejected Voters, 1872 - 1886

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009

Transcription: 

NOTE. --If the Supervisor of Registration fails to register a duly qualified applicant as a voter, the following blank affidavit must be made. 

State of Louisiana, 

Parish of East Baton Rouge

On the [blank] day of October, 1872, I, Jeff Williams presented myself at the office of T.S. Brady Supervisor of Registration for the Parish of East Baton Rouge located at Court House + Manchac in said parish, of the opening and establishment of which, notice had been given by the said officer, and during the legally established office hours, and offered and was prepared to perform all acts and to take all oaths by the laws made prerequisite to entitle me to registration as a voter, and was wrongfully prevented from obtaining registration by said Supervisor of Registration, because 

On one occasion after the white men all present were registered the Supervisor said he had no more blanks, and stopped registering; again I was pushed back by white men and prevented from gaining admittance. 

[NOTE.--Here insert cause. If admitted to the office and refused, state so. If the office was closed or the applicant could not obtain admission for any other cause, state so.]

I further state that I am a citizen of the State, and for more than ten days a resident of the said Parish of East Baton Rouge and am in all things lawfully qualified and entitled to vote in said parish. 

Signed and Sworn to, in Presence of

H. Washington

Philip Klinpeter[?]

Jeff X his mark Williams

Subscribed and sworn to, this 2 day of november 1872, before me, 

A.W. Harrigan

[illegible] Ward

PARISH OF East Baton Rouge

October [blank] 1872. 

I hereby certify that Jeff Williams who has executed the foregoing affidavit presented himself at the office of the Supervisor of Registration for the said Parish of East Baton Rouge as stated in said affidavit, and claimed the right to register, as stated, and was wrongfully prevented from obtaining registration, as set forth by him in said affidavit. 

And I further certify, that under the laws of this State and the United States he was and is entitled to registration. 

United States Supervisor of Election, for said parish.

[beardedmrbean]

Two teenagers accused of murder escaped over the weekend from a youth jail in Louisiana, less than two weeks after one of them fled the same jail for the first time earlier in November, police said.

Both murder suspects, who are 17 years old, escaped late on Saturday night from the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center. Exactly how they managed to escape was not immediately clear, but officials said in a news release that they were investigating how the escape occurred. Baton Rouge police and the U.S. Marshals Service have launched a search.

The Baton Rouge Police Department has identified the escaped teens as David Atkins and Willie Jackson, CBS affiliate WAFB-TV reported. Jackson was being held at the jail on a first-degree murder charge through the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, according to the news station.  Atkins, who was being held on a first-degree murder charge through Baton Rouge police, previously escaped from the juvenile detention center on Nov. 13. Atkins and another detainee fled as guards were putting prisoners back in their cells after a fight broke out in the facility, The Advocate reported. They were apprehended after a search that lasted more than 24 hours.

Atkins and Jackson are considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, WAFB reported, citing the Baton Rouge Police Department. Authorities have asked anyone with information about their whereabouts to contact the Capital Region Crime Stoppers by calling 225-344-7867, or by calling 911.

"We want the public to be cautious as they may have changed their hairstyles. We are encouraging those that may see them that may know their whereabouts or may actually be out and about just witness these individuals out in the community to not hesitate to call 911 or Crime Stoppers," said Cpl. Saundra Watts, a spokesperson for the Baton Rouge police, according to WAFB.

The East Baton Rouge juvenile facility has been the target of criticism because of repeated escapes and violent episodes, according to multiple local outlets, including The Advocate and WAFB.

"If we do not get down to figure out a way to get this done, we're going to continue to have more escapes that we ever have. Now we're dealing with juveniles that are extremely violent. We're talking about first degree murder, this is just unacceptable," Hillar Moore, the East Baton Rouge District Attorney, told WAFB on Sunday.

In 2021, five prisoners escaped after attacking a staffer, taking her keys and locking her inside a cell without a radio. Some of them also attacked staffers with makeshift knives. In February 2022, a fight involving eight teens left three of them injured.

East Baton Rouge Parish set aside $2 million for security upgrades. After the escape in earlier November, parish officials said those upgrades were still in the planning and design phase.

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Sheila Hebert, 27 (USA 1984)

Sheila Elizabeth Marks Hebert was 27 years old and had a 10-year-old son. She had a well-documented history of asthma. In early June of 1984, she underwent a legal abortion at Delta Women’s Clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Richardson Glidden was the abortionist. Glidden and the other Delta staff failed to monitor Sheila in recovery. Even though she hadn’t been struggling to breathe before she came to the abortion facility, she suffered from chest pain and told staff members that she couldn’t breathe. The staff failed to react properly when her condition was discovered and did nothing to help until after Sheila lost consciousness. Delta did not have adequate emergency equipment and did not call 911 for some time.

The 911 call was so delayed that by the time the ambulance got there, Sheila’s body was cold, blue and showed no signs of life even after being injected with adrenaline. Sheila was taken to a hospital and placed in the ICU at Our Lady Of The Lake Medical Center, but it was already too late. She was officially declared dead on June 6, 1984.

The coroner who performed the autopsy said that Sheila’s abortion triggered a reaction known as “acute asthmatic bronchitis”, which eventually sent her into cardiorespiratory arrest when Delta failed to act. An investigation was launched into the abortion facility.

The Delta abortion facility had a disturbing record. Despite a seemingly endless list of health and safety violations found during inspections and many malpractice cases, Delta was allowed to remain open. Had it been shut down after killing Sheila, the needless deaths of Ingar Weber and her baby could have been avoided. Instead, Delta continued to kill and mutilate.

“DA to investigate abortion death,” Baton Rough Advocate, July 11, 1984

Louisiana Daily World, June 8, 1984

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(Deficiency reports, malpractice cases, client death/injuries, criminal records for DWC)

East Baton Rouge Parish District Court Case No. 289518

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4 people arrested in alleged rape of LSU student who died after she was hit by car

Four people were arrested in connection with what investigators said was the rape of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State University student who was fatally hit by a car shortly after, authorities said, the suspects dropped her off in an East Baton Rouge subdivision.

Two suspects, Kaivon Washington, 18, and an unidentified 17-year-old boy, were booked Monday on a charge each of third-degree rape, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office and jail records. Two other suspects, Casen Carver, 18, and Everett Lee, 28, were booked on a charge each of principal to third-degree rape, jail records show. Lee is Washington's uncle, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities allege that Washington and the 17-year-old raped Brooks in the back of Carver's car after she asked for a ride home from Reggie's bar on Jan. 15 following a night of drinking, an arrest report said.

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Peyton Lambertson, 25

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According to Baton Rouge-based newspaper The Advocate, over 2,100 students from local high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish school system were told that they were participating in a districtwide 'College & Career Fair.' However, when they arrived at their destination, the students, most of whom were seniors, discovered that they had been dropped off at an event called 'Day of Hope' at the Living Faith Christian Center.

According to reports, many of the students came away from this event feeling traumatized, as the 'Day of Hope' was centered on a number of sexually charged, anti-LGBT issues. This reportedly included separating the kids by male and female, and forcing male and female-transgender students to participate in discussions with the opposite sex. Additionally, one parent said that a number of transgender students were bullied during the event.

"Other students poured water on top of transgender students' heads without any repercussions by any of the adults present,” Brittany Bryant, a mother of a transgender child and high school biology teacher, wrote on Facebook. “They talked about rape (and) forgiving the offender, suicide, prayer leadership, and many more dark controversial topics. We had females in the bathrooms crying due to the topics of discussion."

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Is this not kidnapping? They took minors somewhere under false pretenses without parental permission, and would not let them leave. Why haven't all the teachers/administrators been arrested? If the local LEOs won't do it, call in the DOJ.

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Addis, Louisiana cop David Cauthron chases Tyquel Zanders, hits car carrying Liam Dunn, Maggie Dunn, Caroline Gill

Addis, Louisiana cop David Cauthron chases Tyquel Zanders, hits car carrying Liam Dunn, Maggie Dunn, Caroline Gill

Tyquel Zanders, 24, of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana allegedly stole his father’s 2016 Nissan Altima from the car owner’s home in Baton Rouge on December 31, 2022. Zanders was not welcome in the home.

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Muffalettas and Murder: Small Town Girl Mysteries by Jann Franklin #Review / #Giveaway - Great Escapes Book Tour - @jannfranklinauthor

Muffalettas and Murder: Small-Town Girl Mysteries by Jann Franklin About Muffalettas and Murder Muffalettas and Murder: Small Town Girl Mysteries Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting - Louisiana Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rougarou Press (January 30, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8987739402 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BPQYJQ3T Evangeline Delafose is finding Graisseville, Louisiana just as she remembered—boring and uneventful. Until her brother Nate asks her to help solve a murder. Follow Ev as she navigates clues, dead bodies, and quirky small-town residents to solve a mystery. And of course, show her little brother that she's still got it. This is a clean faith-based read with no profanity, sex, or graphic violence. Dollycas's Thoughts Author Evangeline (Ev) Delafose has moved home to Graisseville, Louisiana three years following the tragic death of her husband, the inspiration for her long-running police procedural series. She has no desire to write or eat. Her friends and brother Nate are worried about her. Nate is a deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department and he has come up with an idea to get her out of her doldrums. He asks for her help with a cold case hoping a fresh set of eyes will move the investigation ahead. She surprisingly teams up with local handyman and recently licensed private investigator, Shorty Cormier, who will work on the case for expenses and a muffaletta sandwich a day. Shorty has his way of investigating and Ev has hers but together they follow the clues, and interview the suspects while trying to find something her brother missed. This may just be what she needed to move her life in a positive direction plus she loves showing her brother up any chance she gets. ____ Ms Franklin has created an interesting protagonist. Evangeline's husband's death really affected her. Everything about their lives was entwined. He came home from work and shared his cases and she used his experiences in her books. She says it herself, Doug Delafose was her character New Orleans police detective Lou Bergeron. Doug also read her books first to be sure what she wrote was authentic. His death left her stuck. She was shutting down. Her kids didn't want her to move close to them so she finally moved closer to her brother Nate and his wife Bonnie. She is a smart woman with a doctorate but she struggles daily. She needs help to find herself and live her life in a new way. I was happy with the characters the author surrounded her with. They really cared about her and took her situation to heart. I do wish Evangeline wouldn't have waited so long to move home and get the support she needed. Graisseville, Louisiana, population 298 is a typical Southern small town where senior ladies break out their casseroles to try to catch one of the few available men, like Shorty. He is quite a ladies' man. It is a place where everyone knows everyone's business and gossips readily. They have opinions on every topic and can't wait to share them. So it should be easy to figure out who killed Michael Cook and why. Investigating a murder isn't the same as writing about one but Ev has good instincts and asks good questions. Shorty, on the other hand, has a way with women, never turns down food of any kind, and may eat Ev's food too. Then at the last moment throws out a zinger of a question.  They are an unusual team but play to their strengths. There were plenty of twists throughout the story but I kept my focus on one individual and I was right. I loved that during the showdown the person said "I don't have time to give you a Murder She Wrote roundup." But the needed details were spilled. Humor is abundant in this story. The town is filled with quirky characters. Shorty is a hoot! Ev has some funny inner monologues as she thinks and overthinks situations. This series is billed as faith-based and prayers are prevalent. Shorty knows Ev is religious and goes to great lengths not to curse in front of her which adds to the humor. Muffalettas and Murder is the first book in the Small Town Girl Mystery Series. It was more than a whodunit. It was a story of self-discovery after a traumatic event. I enjoyed meeting Evangeline and all the people in her sphere. The mystery was well-plotted and executed. I am looking forward to seeing a more confident Ev as the series continues now that she has handled some hurdles she needed to work through. *Amazon Purchase Your Escape Into A Good Book Travel Agent About Jann Franklin Jann Franklin is a faith-based cozy mystery writer living in Grand Cane, Louisiana with slightly less than three hundred other people. Many of her stories are based on the tales she hears from residents. She and her husband John enjoy Sundays at Grand Cane Baptist Church, dinner with family and friends, and watching the lightning bugs in their backyard. Their kids come to visit, when they aren’t too busy living their big-city lives. Visit her at www.jannfranklin.com Author Links Webpage    Blog    Facebook   Instagram   GoodReads Purchase Links Amazon - B&N - Kobo - Bookshop.org     Great Escapes Praise for Muffalettas and Murder: Small Town Girl Mysteries by Jann Franklin I loved Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin! It’s the first book in her Small Town Girl Mysteries, and if you love small town cozy mysteries, this is for you! ~Christy's Cozy Corners Muffalettas and Murder: Small Town Girl Mysteries by Jann Franklin is lots of fun! Clocking in a little over 200 pages, the first in this new cozy mystery series packs a lot in. Set in a small town (and I mean SMALL – about 200 folks!) this mystery is full of engaging characters, a solid mystery, and great humor. ~Sarah Can't Stop Reading Books My rating for Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin is five stars, and I definitely recommend it to all cozy mystery readers. Ms. Franklin does an excellent job of weaving the clues together and keeping the true killer from coming to the surface. ~Baroness' Book Trove MUFFALETTAS AND MURDER is a book about starting over and finding purpose. An engaging book filled with Louisiana charm, laugh-out-loud moments, and the constant of good friends and family make an enjoyable start to a series. ~Cozy Up With Kathy Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin is an often-hilarious and layered small-town mystery with endearingly quirky characters, a sweet new canine sidekick, and loads of Louisiana charm (and food). 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Meet the sisters who purchased Woodland Plantation

Twins Jo and Joy Banners purchased the home where their ancestors were enslaved, which was also the location of Ameria’s largest slave revolt.

Growing up in Louisiana, in the bayous of the Mississippi River, identical twins Jocynita "Jo" Banner and Joyceia "Joy" Banner always heard stories from their grandmother Grace, who would tell them about their enslaved ancestors and their history of fighting back at the very plantation the two women now own.

"I know that she is really proud," Jo Banner said, referring to her grandmother. "She just served as this vessel to connect us to an energy that is informing and providing us the sustenance of what we need now for this fight."

The Banner twins are the founders of The Descendants Project, a nonprofit that fights for historic and cultural preservation for descendants of enslaved people. It was through their nonprofit that they bought Woodland Plantation, the birthplace of the 1811 slave revolt.

Raised on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, the twins were steeped in the tales of their grandmother, who recounted the harrowing events of the 1811 revolt known as the 1811 German Coast Uprising.

Often overshadowed in historical narratives, the rebellion saw the brave resistance of Charles Deslondes, two other leaders known as Kook and Quamana, along with approximately 25 others who sought freedom amidst the brutal oppression of slavery. They attacked on Epiphany Sunday. After injuring Manuel Andry and killing his son Gilbert, they armed themselves with more weapons and military uniforms.

The revolters walked through plantations on the east bank of the Mississippi River, along the River Road, and down the German Coast—through what is now St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, and Jefferson parishes— in an attempt to conquer the city of New Orleans, gathering as many as 500 more freedom seekers along the way. It became America’s largest “slave revolt”. By the end of the January 1811 rebellion, the white planters had brutally beheaded more than 100 enslaved men, put the rebels’ heads on spikes, and displayed them for 40 miles along River Road, from the center of New Orleans deep into plantation country. (Watch this video from CrashCourse with host Clint Smith III)

According to Britannica, “Even though the government and whites tried to minimize the uprising, surviving rebels and others passed down the stories, and Deslondes, Kook, and Quamana became legends among the enslaved people and their descendants.

Some 213 years later, Jo and Joy Banner became the newest owners -- and first Black owners -- of the historic Woodland Plantation site. It's the second plantation they've bought through the Descendants Project, the first being the Many Waters Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana.

The sisters said they purchase these lands to preserve their history -- they call it defensive buying. But they're also fighting for the freedom and protection of the historic homelands of their enslaved ancestors from industrial companies they claim are polluting the area, compromising the health of the land and the local population, a predominantly Black community.

"In addition to preserving that culture and aiming to get more recognition for that culture, we also do our best to protect the descendant communities, which are our descendant communities who are also fighting against a lot of environmental injustice, a lot of environmental racism," Jo Banner said.

Woodland Plantation is located on an 85-mile stretch of land along the Mississippi known as "Cancer Alley." Running from north of Baton Rouge to south of New Orleans, the area is surrounded by almost 200 industrial facilities releasing emissions linked to cancer in the region. Woodland itself is located in the most concentrated stretch, known as the "chemical corridor." Residents in this area have a 95% higher risk of cancer due to air pollution compared to the rest of the country, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA announced last month that it was calling for the plants in this area to reduce toxic emissions linked to cancer.

In January, the international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch singled out the state of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, saying they had failed for decades to protect locals from industrial pollution and uphold federal safety standards, making the region the largest concentration of fossil fuel and petrochemical facilities in the western hemisphere.

About 20 minutes away from Woodland in Wallace, situated in St. John the Baptist Parish — and still in Cancer Alley — the Banner twins are also in a legal battle to stop a grain export facility from being built near their home and the Descendants Project headquarters. Read the full article here.

Source: ABC News, NOLA.com, The Drum Newspaper

Visit www.attawellsummer.com/forthosebefore to learn more about Black history.

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Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s campus in East Baton Rouge Parish, left, received millions in tax abatements to the detriment of local schools, right. Barry Lewis/Getty Images, Tjean314/Wikimedia by Christine Wen, Texas A&M University; Danielle McLean, The Conversation; Kevin Welner, University of Colorado Boulder, and Nathan Jensen, The University of Texas at Austin Built in 1910, James Elementary is a…

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Warning: The following contains graphic details.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Days since Madison Brooks was allegedly sexually assaulted shortly before she was fatally struck by a car, the men accused of crimes against the LSU sophomore have been released from jail after posting a combined $275,000 in bond. 

Brooks, 19, died after she was struck by a car in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in the early morning hours of Jan. 15. 

On Monday, investigators announced they had arrested the four males after two of them allegedly raped an intoxicated Brooks – while the other two were present – inside a vehicle before dropping her off shortly before she was struck.

LSU PRESIDENT RIPPED FOR MADISON BROOKS 'VICTIM BLAMING' AFTER STUDENT'S ALLEGED RAPE, DEATH

Visitation and funeral services for Brooks will be held in Covington, Louisiana, on Friday, Feb. 3.

Prosecutors have reportedly indicated they will be seeking upgraded charges against the suspects, whose attorneys have argued Brooks consented to the sex and the suspects have not committed any crimes. 

Kris Perret, an attorney who represents Reggie’s Bar, where the victim and all four suspects allegedly were that night, said the business owner "has fully cooperated with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana State Police and the East Baton Rouge ABC office since their first requests for assistance in their ongoing investigations and will continue to do so."

"We look forward to meeting with State ATC and East Baton Rouge ABC officials as soon as possible to address their concerns and to ensure they have all of the complete and accurate facts and all information they require to complete their investigation."

The following information is based on a combination of public records, officials, law enforcement documents and at times, local reports. 

info in the link

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Ingar Weber, 28 (USA 1990)

Ingar Weber went to Delta Women’s Clinic in Baton Rouge for abortion on January 20, 1990. She had no idea what she was getting into.

Delta had already been sued after an abortion in 1974 that so badly damaged a client’s uterus that she needed a hysterectomy. Delta was sued for an abortion in 1984 that left the client with a uterine laceration and a retained fetal leg. She had to be hospitalized. In 1984 Delta was also sued for killing 27-year-old Sheila Hebert, who died after an abortion on June 6.

After Ingar’s abortion, her health rapidly deteriorated. Ingar was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where she died 6 days after the abortion.

Delta had either neglected to fully examine her first or they simply ignored the fact that Ingar had kidney problems. If they had examined Ingar before the abortion, they should have easily realized that she was in no condition for any elective procedure, let alone one as dangerous as abortion.

Ingar’s family sued the facility and the abortionists who killed Ingar and her baby. But Delta continued to kill and maim. In 1998, a client at Delta was injured so severely that she had to have a colostomy.

In 2001, an electrical problem that Delta had neglected to fix caused a fire, shutting down facility. Unfortunately, it later reopened in another building.

East Baton Rouge Parish District Court Case No. 365423

Death notice, Baton Rouge Advocate, Jan. 28, 1990

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East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, USA 30.3395, -91.0105