On Dec. 11, Susan Hutson became the first Black woman elected to be Sheriff of Orleans Parish, defeating Marlin Gusman, who has held the position since 2004.    This is Hutson’s first elected...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political lobbying group has donated $200,000 to aid Susan Hutson in her bid to unseat longtime incumbent, Sheriff Marlin Gusman, in a runoff election that will conclude...

On the first day of 2016, Janard Brister was choked for five seconds and tasered, while handcuffed, by Tulane University Police Department officers. Higher-ranking TUPD officials agreed this use of force...