Seventy years after he was fatally shot by police after trying to help a woman at a Gretna bus stop, the life of Royal Cyril Brooks was honored Saturday (April 28) at a ceremony in Harvey. Politicians, churchgoers and Brooks' family members filled the pews inside Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church to remember the 44-year-old trade unionist killed Feb. 27, 1948 while waiting to board a bus at Gretna Ferry Landing. A woman had boarded the wrong bus and requested her fare of a nickel back. Bus driver Preston Herbert refused to refund her, but Brooks offered to ride on her...