ACLU LA.: JURY FINDS ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF DEPUTY INFLICTED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS UPON A TEENAGER WHILE FILMING MOTHER'S ARREST
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release on May 2, 2024:
A jury composed of citizens of the greater New Orleans area has found that a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office deputy intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon Mr. De'Shaun Johnson, son of Ms. Teliah Perkins, as he filmed the violent arrest of his mother.
On May 5, 2020, Ms. Perkins was violently arrested by officers Kyle Hart and Ry . . .
A jury composed of citizens of the greater New Orleans area has found that a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office deputy intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon Mr. De'Shaun Johnson, son of Ms. Teliah Perkins, as he filmed the violent arrest of his mother.
On May 5, 2020, Ms. Perkins was violently arrested by officers Kyle Hart and Ry . . .