re: Apparently there was some crazy stuff happening on Government street last night.

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It does give them the authority to blow through red lights on their way to a call, especially ones that involve violent crime.

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No, it does not give them authority to “blow through red lights.” Earlier this year a cop across the river killed two high schoolers flying through a red light

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The Addis police officer arrested in the fatal Brusly crash that killed two students on New Year's Eve bonded out of the West Baton parish jail on Sunday, Sheriff Mike Cazes said.

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Cauthron was pursuing a suspect, Tyquel Zanders, in a pursuit that began in Baton Rouge, when he ran a red light on La. 1 shortly after noon on Dec. 31 in Brusly and crashed into a vehicle. Two Brusly High students, cheerleaders Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, died in the crash.

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The grand jury on Friday, Feb. 24, indicted David Cauthron, 42, on two counts of manslaughter, one count of aggravated obstruction of a highway, one count of negligent injury, one count of malfeasance in office, and one count of reckless operation of a vehicle.

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