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Related: About this forumIn small Louisiana town, losing police chief candidate allegedly hits officer riding in victory
In small Louisiana town, losing police chief candidate allegedly hits officer riding in victory paradeMelville police chief challenger Cleven Clark was arrested Saturday night, accused of hitting a Melville police officer who rode past his daughters home with sirens going off in celebration of Chief Anthony Moreau's re-election.
Clark said the chief and his officers were harassing his family by parading by him after the election results came in.
Moreau denied the allegation: "We didnt know where he was at.
The Melville Police Department has a tradition of parading through town when the incumbent chief wins re-election. Moreau said this tradition dates to the 1980s in the Louisiana town of some 1,050 residents.
Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_d5015fc8-fbfc-11e8-a2c0-77104dd5e85c.html
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TexasTowelie
Dec 2018
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dae
(3,396 posts)1. My wife's from Melville, she will enjoy the story, thanks.
TexasTowelie
(112,086 posts)2. You're welcome.
I guess that Texas is different because we would never hold a parade when a sheriff or police chief is re-elected.
dae
(3,396 posts)3. Melville is, shall we say, different and I've never heard of a parade or
celebration such as this before in any towns or parishes.