9-8-20
THERE’S NEW INFORMATION ON TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN OPELOUSAS ON SUNDAY. HERE’S GERALD GRUENING WITH THE DETAILS.
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THE ACLU HAS ASKED THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CENSURE CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS, WHO REPRESENTS ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. HIGGINS THREATENED VIOLENCE AGAINST POTENTIAL RIOTERS IN A FACEBOOK POST. IT WAS TAKEN DOWN BY FACEBOOK LAST WEEK BECAUSE THEY SAID IT VIOLATED THEIR POLICIES. THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACLU OF LOUISIANA, ALANAH ODOMS HEBERT, SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT HIGGINS POST WAS A RACIST AND REPREHENSIBLE THREAT TO SHOOT PROTESTERS, WHICH HARKENS BACK TO THE DARKEST DAYS OF RACIAL TERROR IN THE UNITED STATES.
A GROUP PROTESTING ALLEGED BRUTALITY BY LAFAYETTE POLICE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY. THEY SET UP A BARBEQUE PIT AS A SYMBOL INVITING POLICE AND CITY LEADERS TO COME AND DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS. THE PROTEST IS OVER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYFORD PELLERIN AND AN INCIDENT AT A LAFAYETTE BOWLING ALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A TEENAGER WAS ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED REPEATEDLY BY A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER. AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING BOTH FAMILIES, RONALD HALEY, IS ASKING FOR EVIDENCE IN BOTH CASES INCLUDING 9-1-1 PHONE CALLS AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
FEMA HAS OPENED A NEW DRIVE THRU DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER AT LACASSINE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE OPEN EVERY DAY FROM SEVEN A-M TO FIVE P-M UNTIL IT IS NOT NEEDED ANYMORE. SPOKESPERSON LENISHA SMITH SAYS THE CENTER IS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET TO DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS. THOSE WHO GO TO THE CENTER WILL BE ABLE TO FILL OUT DOCUMENTS AND SPEAK WITH FEMA REPS FROM THEIR VEHICE OR ONE-ON-ONE. SO FAR MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED WITH FEMA BECAUSE OF HURRICANE LAURA AND MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN AID HAS BEEN GIVEN.
STUDENTS IN ACADIA PARISH RETURN TO SCHOOL TODAY AND THERE WILL BE NEW RULES FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION. THE BUS DRIVER AND STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS AND THEY WILL BE PLACED AS FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE BUSES WILL BE DISINFECTED AFTER EACH ROUTE AND THEY WILL HAVE HAND SANITIZING STATIONS ON THEM. SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD TELLS KATC THAT THEY WILL NEED COOPERATION FROM PARENTS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS WEAR THEIR MASKS.
THERE WERE TWELVE MORE DEATHS IN LOUISIANA FROM COVID-NINETEEN, ACCORDING TO TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THREE-HUNDRED FIVE NEW CASES WERE REPORTED, MOVING THE TOTAL TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN. HOSPITALIZATIONS DECREASED BY THREE. THE TOTAL IS NOW AT SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY FIVE.
ACADIANA DID NOT SEE ANY NEW DEATHS FROM COVID-NINETEEN. THERE WERE TEN NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN, INCLUDING NINE IN ACADIA PARISH. THE TOTAL IS NOW TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW CASES OF COVID-NINETEEN. THERE WERE FOUR NEW CASES IN BEAUREGARD PARISH, BUT SOME PARISHES HAD THEIR TOTALS ADJUSTED DOWN. THERE ALSO WERE NO DEATHS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE TOTAL REMAINS AT THREE HUNDRED SEVEN.
