Promise Kept: Gov Landry goes to war with New Orleans

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https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/politics_elections/updated-louisiana-ag-murrill-reportedly-indicted-by-new-orleans-grand-jury-in-intimidation-case/article_afdcd99d-0ce5-4cca-8b7c-756d64ebc8ed.html

[Winehole23]

so basically:

- psycho Louisiana AG threatens to use a failure-of-reconstruction era racist law to unseat the entire new orleans government

- new orleans grand jury indicts her for this

- governor promises pardon

- special prosecutor replies roughly 'great well we'll need to convict her first'