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Baton Rouge Police Department Use of Force Incident Data (2025)

This report provides an overview of use-of-force incidents reported by the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) during 2025. Over this one-year period, BRPD officers were involved in 372 use-of-force incidents involving at least 393 civilians.
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IJLA June News: In Loving Memory of Clarence Simmons

Recently, we received a significant update in our long-running litigation for James Skinner. We had asked the United States Supreme Court to review Mr. Skinner’s conviction because the Louisiana state courts had refused to grant Mr. Skinner postconviction relief and had barely given any reasons. The U.S. Supreme Court had reversed the conviction of Mr. Skinner’s co-defendant, Michael Wearry, in 2016 because his lawyers uncovered significant favorable suppressed evidence that undermined the State’s case against…
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Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office Use of Force Incident Data (2014–2025)

. Across the available data, the agency recorded a notable spike in use-of-force incidents in 2022, with nearly double the number of records from any prior year. Black residents made up roughly half of the people subjected to force, despite representing 29% of the parish population, a pattern that persisted in every year with available demographic data.
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New Orleans Police Department Use of Force Incident Data (2016–2025)

Over this ten-year period, NOPD documented 4,605 use-of-force incidents involving approximately 5,595 individuals subjected to force. The most common types of force were exhibiting a firearm, which accounted for 33.4% of all force applications, and hands-on techniques, which accounted for 22.3%.
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IJLA May News: Justice Sotomayor: IJLA Client James Skinner was Wrongly Convicted

Recently, we received a significant update in our long-running litigation for James Skinner. We had asked the United States Supreme Court to review Mr. Skinner’s conviction because the Louisiana state courts had refused to grant Mr. Skinner postconviction relief and had barely given any reasons. The U.S. Supreme Court had reversed the conviction of Mr. Skinner’s co-defendant, Michael Wearry, in 2016 because his lawyers uncovered significant favorable suppressed evidence that undermined the State’s case against…
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