3 Louisiana Police Officers Indicted on Civil Rights Charges for Allegedly Assaulting 2 Arrestees

Published November 1, 2021

3 police officers from Louisiana have been indicted on federal civil rights after allegedly assaulting 2 arrestees. The officers face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that a federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, has returned an indictment charging three officers with the Shreveport Police Department, Treveion Brooks, 26, William Isenhour, 25, and D’Andre Jackson, 25, with assaulting two arrestees in Shreveport.

Brooks, while acting in his official capacity as an officer of the Shreveport Police Department, allegedly used unjustified force against an arrestee, identified only as D.R. in the indictment, by punching him in the face and body, resulting in bodily injury on or about January 24, 2020, according to the indictment.

The indictment also claims that on the same date, while acting in their official capacities as officers of the Shreveport Police Department and while aiding and abetting each other, Jackson and Isenhour used unjustified force against another individual identified in the indictment as C.B., punching him in the face and body, causing bodily injury.

An indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The case is being investigated by the FBI, and it is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Mary J. Mudrick and Cadesby B. Cooper of the Western District of Louisiana, as well as Civil Righs Division Trial Attorney Anita Channapati.