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The citizens' group Community United for Change today filed a notice of appeal in U.S. District Court challenging federal Judge Susie Morgan's decision to block them, as well as three other groups, from intervening in the (still proposed and not finalized) federal consent decree between the New Orleans Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice.


The following is from an emailed CUC statement:
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As many of you know, CUC filed Intervention petitions to insure the rights and protection of the only injured and abridged parties to the ?Crisis of Corruption? perpetrated by the NOPD, that being the citizens of New Orleans.? [ Read more ]

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