Our Views: A worthy apology, and a history lesson that a former judge lived, and can't forget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : They were met with a horde of hostile White people, both civilians and law enforcement, brandishing billy clubs, fire hoses, cattle prods and tear gas.
37% : To his everlasting credit, and to the benefit of countless people who came after him, he went on to channel that horrible experience into making things right, as a teacher of aspiring lawyers at Loyola University's College of Law, as a longtime Orleans Parish Criminal Court judge and, after retiring from the bench, in a number of official and volunteer endeavors supporting criminal justice reform and mental health treatment.

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