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Road to Reform | A glimpse into Louisville's future under federal oversight

New Orleans is paying upwards of $7 million a year to fund its consent decree. Louisville is looking to foot a similar bill. But, has it been worth it?

Isaiah Kim-Martinez, Alyssa Newton, Joseph Garcia

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Published: 6:02 PM EDT June 13, 2023
Updated: 11:15 AM EDT June 14, 2023

Every step activist W.C. Johnson takes in the city he's called home for nearly 40 years is with purpose.

Through the triumphs and tragedies of those decades, the culture of New Orleans, Louisiana, stands firm in areas like the Tremé neighborhood -- one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.

It's blanketed in artwork and centered around a popular center for Black youth.

"The community leadership actually emanates from this spot here," Johnson says as he points at the Tremé Center.

It's in that center where Johnson and the rest of the Community United for Change (CUC) held town hall meetings, inviting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hear their cries for intervention into police misconduct.

Credit: Alyssa Newton / WHAS-TV
Activist W.C Johnson looks on to the Tremé Center in one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans. It's in that center where Johnson and the rest of the Community United for Change (CUC) held town hall meetings to draft their own "People's Consent Decree."

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