Last Thursday Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins announced a 26 member Commission on Racial and Cultural Diversity
On Sunday a Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally started at SPORTRAN facility on Murphy and ended at the Caddo courthouse steps. The protest was illegal in the sense that a permit was not obtained for the rally on the courthouse grounds.
Reportedly one or more members of the mayor’s commission was in attendance.
Yesterday a BLM rally was held at the Shreveport Police Department headquarters building. The rally blocked an entrance to the facility from the Murphy Street parking lot.
A member of the Commission participated in the protest by his attendance.
This raises questions to many.
Additionally a Caddo public defender was at the rally yesterday and addressed the crowd. Whether or not he was on the public clock or personal time is another question.
These are questions that members of the commission should ask themselves. And the Caddo Public Defender should advise on attendance at political events during the workday.
John came to Shreveport in January of 1977 when he was transferred to Barksdale AFB.
He’s been active in Shreveport politics since deciding to make Shreveport his home.
John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings.
John is published weekly in The Inquisitor, bi-monthly in The Forum News, and frequently in the Shreveport Times.
He enjoys addressing civic groups on local government issues and elections.