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Edwin Rios

Three officers placed on leave after Louisiana police abuse allegations

A Baton Rouge police shield with the officer's badge number taped over.
After the abuse allegations surfaced, Baton Rouge’s mayor, Sharon Weston Broome, disbanded the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination (Brave) unit. Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

Three Baton Rogue, Louisiana, police officers are on administrative leave after a series of federal lawsuits exposing the abuse and sexual humiliation taking place at an unmarked torture warehouse known as the “Brave Cave” that was operated by members of the Baton Rouge police department (BRPD).

Baton Rouge’s police chief, Murphy Paul, told city councilors on Wednesday night that the department would hold itself accountable as the FBI investigates alleged civil rights violations at the agency stemming from the “allegations that members of the department may have abused their authority”.

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