http://theadvocate.com/news/13907799-64/two-officers-face-murder-counts
Smith, along with officers Stafford and Greenhouse, are among the targets of a federal use-of-force lawsuit filed in July by Ascension Parish resident Ian Fridge, who said he was tackled by officers, who also used a stun gun on him, in Marksville last year at an Independence Day festival. A gun rights advocate, Fridge said he was grabbed from behind by officers while openly carrying a weapon as the lawmen taunted, “you’re definitely not a local boy,†according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Fridge also said the officers took his cellphone and deleted his recording of the incident.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/288815510/Marksville-Police-Lawsuit
IAN FRIDGE, Case No. __________________ Plaintiff; v. THE CITY OF MARKSVILLE; ELSTER SMITH, JR., Chief of Police; CHARLES A. RIDDLE, III, Avoyelles Parish District Attorney LT. DERRICK STAFFORD, Police Officer; PTN. NORRIS GREENHOUSE, Police Officer; PTN. JOSEPH MONTGOMERY, Police Officer; PTN. DAMION JACOBS, Police Officer; DET. KEVIN HILL, Police Officer; and DET. ERIC JACOBS, Police Officers
cops gone wild
Louisiana law enforcement sounds a little disorganized to say the least.
These guys sound like the constables we have here in Texas. On the whole, they are reasonably professional, but they also have a few that I would not trust to be a mall cop.