FBI Opens Investigation Into Baton Rouge Police Over Abuse Allegations

FBI Opens Investigation Into Baton Rouge Police Over Abuse Allegations
In this image from Baton Rouge Police Department body camera video, officers interact with Jeremy Lee inside a warehouse in Baton Rouge on Jan. 9, 2023. Baton Rouge Police Department via AP
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The FBI said on Sept. 22 it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations that the police department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, abused and tortured drug suspects.

The announcement comes as a second federal lawsuit was filed against the department, alleging officers from a street crime unit assaulted drug suspects they detained at an unmarked warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.”