They are big on asset forfeiture in Louisiana, too. Try not to get arrested there.

https://www.lp.org/louisiana-police-courts-deny-due-process-via-willful-misinterpretation/

In October 2015, accused rapist Warren Demesme was being interrogated by police when he said, “If y’all, this is how I feel, if y’all think I did it, I know that I didn’t do it so why don’t you just give me a lawyer, dawg, ’cause this is not what’s up.”

The interrogating officers deceitfully misinterpreted this as a request for a “lawyer dog,” which they claimed was ambiguous, and continued the interrogation instead. They therefore denied Demesme his right to counsel, and he was ultimately convicted. Read the rest of this entry »