Posts Tagged ‘crime’

Yesterday I was at LSU in Free Speech Alley when suddenly several sirens started in relative close proximity. There was also a helicopter in the air that seemed to be circling around the quad. This lasted for several minutes, and then suddenly everything was normal again. I’ve checked the crime logs, police reports, news, events, bulletins and have asked everyone I could—I exhausted all of our resources and contacts to figure out what happened yesterday, but to no avail. It could be a simple training exercise for the LSUPD, but I’d assume that’d be publicly available information.

If you have heard anything or saw anything, please hit us up on the tip line. I’d like to know what happened.

Today, CNN covered two major national stories about Louisiana. Neither of them are positive and neither of them are about Baton Rouge.

The first is that Mayor Ray Nagin was quarantined in Shanghai, China on an economic development trip after a fellow passenger on an airplane showed signs of H1N1 swine flu. His wife and a member of his security detail were also quarantined. Read the full story on CNN.com →

The second is about a 17-year-old who allegedly killed his girlfriend’s eight-month-old son. He’s being charged with first-degree murder and aggravated rape and under Louisiana law will be tried as an adult. It’s likely that if convicted he will be sentenced to life without parole. Read the full story on CNN.com →

Louisiana hardly makes national news. My Louisiana Studies teacher in eighth grade noted that Louisiana is often first or last. Usually we make this news when we’re last. Baton Rouge, on the other hand, has been making national news recently because of great things. (For example, see our coverage here and here.)