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November 3, 2016

Louisiana: Police Pepper-Spray Protesters Outside David Duke Senate Debate
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In local election news, in Louisiana, police attacked protesters with
pepper spray, as the group demonstrated against U.S. Senate candidate,
former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke outside a candidate debate
Wednesday night held at the historically African-American college
Dillard University in New Orleans. At least one protester was detained
by police, and others were forced out of the venue. The six-candidate
debate was closed to the public and occurred inside an empty auditorium.
Topics:White Power2016 Election Race in America

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