Baton Rouge Police Chief places 3 officers on leave following complaint from LSU player
The Baton Rouge Police Department has placed three police officers on paid administrative leave while an investigation is underway following an incident over the weekend where LSU freshman WR Koy Moore.
Moore posted Twitter on Sunday and said he was “approached by policemen” who believed he had “a gun and drugs.” Moore stated that he was “violated numerous times” and had his phone taken from him as he tried to video what was happening. Moore also said that the situation was resolved after he told them he was an LSU football player.
Coach Ed Orgeron and the Baton Rouge mayor each released statements about the incident, and Orgeron said he was aware of the situation, but couldn’t comment on it specifically.
“What I can say is we must work collectively to embrace our differences,” Orgeron said. “We have to listen, learn and come together to combat social injustice and racism if we are to create a safer and more equitable society for all people.”
Police Chief Murphy Paul said, “We appreciate Mr. Moore bringing this incident to our attention. As in every case, we will be collecting all available evidence. Accountability and transparency are critical in building trust with the community. I pledge a thorough investigation into this complaint.”
Statement from @BRPD Chief Murphy Paul about an incident involving three Police Officers & #LSU WR Koy Moore. @WAFB pic.twitter.com/7hUuqM1HWG
— Robert Hollins (@senatorhollins) November 9, 2020
Anybody want to risk their life every day or night by putting on a uniform and becoming a target? I thought so.
And yet thousands of hard working & honest people do just that. I am glad and proud that they do. It’s a shame that the media pushes whatever agenda they want instead of reporting the facts.
What makes you think they aren’t reporting facts? Is it because the situation doesn’t fit your narrative? There are bad cops out there. They’re the minority of cops but if they did wrong they need to be held accountable just like anyone else would be.
SDS is gonna have to disable the comment section on these articles, about to be filled with politics and racist BS..
Oh c’mon, we all come here to talk about football, not politics. In fact, I’m sure that a lot of us come here to get AWAY from politics. The only thing that articles like this does is divide us all even further, when we should all be coming together as both Americans as well as football fans. Now start talking about your Week 8 game predictions or something so we can all be happy for a little while.
HowBoutRightOn about why we come to SDS, and coming together, and week 8 (GULP). But the article didn’t do anything this isn’t the article’s fault. Good luck in The Swamp you’re gonna need it and see ya in 2 weeks – get it while you can!
This site is a riot. I hope this posts makes it. Does anyone know what the player defines as “violated”. Did they get physical? Did they talk mean to him? He makes it seem that he thinks he was profiled so was that the violation?
Did he have drugs? Did he have a gun?
according to Moore they approached him with guns and alleged he had both when Moore stated he didn’t… I know none of us would like being treated that way by the police if we were in his shoes…
I fully support law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day but also don’t agree with our citizens being harassed by cops both bad attitudes or axes to grind. Unfortunately, we’ll never know what really happened here because of a lack of video or witnesses.
Cops “with” bad…