We want the governor to come out and take a stance against the fact that Black people are mistreated in this state consistently,” he said.
We want change in the way that we are handled by the systems in the state. Lafayette activist Jamal Taylor, co-founder of nonprofit Stand Black, said the purpose of the demonstration was to raise awareness about police brutality. So there’s a demonstration basically to expose the corruption in the police agencies throughout Louisiana and the governor who was a Democratic governor who got an awful lot of Black votes but does nothing for the cause of justice for Black communities,” she said.Īctivists are petitioning for the Iberia Parish Sheriff, the Iberia Parish District Attorney, the Baldwin police chief and the governor of Louisiana to be removed from office. Muhammad said the sheriff of Iberia Parish, whose office is investigating Quawan’s case as a possible homicide, not only failed Quawan but failed the community. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, was elected in 2016. “We want to put pressure on the governor who has yet to respond to the police misconduct in any of these cases, from the Trayford Pellerin case, who was shot in the back 10 times, to the Ronald Greene case, where the gentleman was beat to death by Louisiana State Troopers.”
“We want to pressure and keep attention on Quawan’s case,” said Krystal Muhammad, the national chair for the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. 28 at the Louisiana governor’s mansion located in Baton Rouge. Final Call Digital Edition - The Final Call FCN4009 Questions remain about what happened to Quawan CharlesĪnisah Muhammad, Contributing Writer 10:01:22įamily and activists are still demanding justice for Quawan Charles, a 15-year-old boy who was found dead in a sugarcane field in Loreauville, Louisiana.
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