An Orleans Parish grand jury, apparently steered by special prosecutor Laurie White, handed up a 16-count felony indictment against the sitting Attorney General of Louisiana: eight counts of public intimidation and eight counts of malfeasance in office. The alleged crime? Sending letters to New Orleans officials demanding they rescind actions tied to a state-level overhaul of local courts. That is the entire basis. Not bribery. Not theft. Not violence. Letters. Official correspondence from the state’s top law enforcement officer asserting the supremacy of state law over local resistance. This is not prosecution. This is lawfare. Laurie White and the Orleans Parish officials who enabled this spectacle have revealed themselves as something far worse than mere partisans. They are deplorable operators who have weaponized the criminal justice system against a statewide elected official. White, a former judge brought in as special prosecutor by a local court, now stands exposed as the archit...
Dead Reckoning , The Story of Théogène Chapman Part I : Chapter 6 The kitchen was the heart of the house, a space that defied the bitter chill outside with a relentless, humid warmth. It was a sensory overload that began the moment Theo stepped through the threshold. The air was a heavy, intoxicating slurry of dark-roasted coffee, woodsmoke, and the deep, earthy base of a roux that had been stirred for hours until it reached the color of an old penny. He stepped out of the biting wind, and for a moment, the transition nearly blinded him. The living room was dominated by a tall, fragrant cedar tree brought in from the edge of the property. It wasn’t the manicured, store-bought pines of the city; it was wild, asymmetrical, and deeply green. It was decorated with strings of popcorn threaded by hand, dried orange slices that caught the firelight like stained glass, and fragile, hand-painted glass ornaments that had survived three generations of chaotic holidays. Beneath th...