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FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' BY JIM
https://apnews.com/article/police-brutality-torture-warehouse-fbi-louisiana-1be2156027566d9462d142894d7a4399FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the ‘Brave Cave’
BY JIM MUSTIAN AND LEA SKENE
Updated 8:32 PM EDT, September 22, 2023
The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, assaulted drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.”
In one case, a man says he was taken to the warehouse and beaten so severely he needed hospital care before being booked into jail. In another, a woman claims she was strip-searched, with an officer using a flashlight to scan her body.
Since the first complaint was filed last month, the city’s mayor has ordered the facility closed, the police department has disbanded its street crimes unit and an officer at the center of the allegations — the son of a current deputy chief — resigned and was arrested on a simple battery charge.
FBI officials confirmed Friday that the agency has opened an investigation based on “allegations that members of the department may have abused their authority.”
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BY JIM MUSTIAN AND LEA SKENE
Updated 8:32 PM EDT, September 22, 2023
The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, assaulted drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.”
In one case, a man says he was taken to the warehouse and beaten so severely he needed hospital care before being booked into jail. In another, a woman claims she was strip-searched, with an officer using a flashlight to scan her body.
Since the first complaint was filed last month, the city’s mayor has ordered the facility closed, the police department has disbanded its street crimes unit and an officer at the center of the allegations — the son of a current deputy chief — resigned and was arrested on a simple battery charge.
FBI officials confirmed Friday that the agency has opened an investigation based on “allegations that members of the department may have abused their authority.”
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