New Orleans Metropolis Council assembly disrupted, 3 individuals arrested

Up to date: 12:49 AM CDT Jun 7, 2024

I’M ELIZABETH KUEBEL, WDSU NEWS. CHAOS INSIDE THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER TODAY LEADS TO MULTIPLE ARRESTS. WELL, WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR IS LIVE AT CITY HALL. SHEA, TELL US WHAT STARTED THIS COMMOTION. GINA AND TRAVIS, IT ALL STARTED WHEN COMMUNITY ACTIVIST BYRON COLE PRETTY MUCH MADE SOME COMMENTS DURING THAT MEETING. AS A RESULT, BYRON, HIS WIFE RONDELL COLE, AND ANOTHER MAN, SEAN MILES, WERE ALL ARRESTED AND AN OUTBURST FOLLOWING COMMENTS BEING MADE BY SUPPORTERS OF PALESTINE QUICKLY TURNED INTO A BIG DISRUPTION INSIDE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS THURSDAY. ONE OF OUR SUPPORTERS WAS MAKING A COMMENT AND I KNOW THE MAN THAT WAS ARRESTED, UH, WAS MAKING COMMENTS ON THAT, BUT, UM, REALLY LIKE IT. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST. IT WASN’T REALLY AN ALTERCATION IN THAT HE HAD WITH OUR SIDE CELL PHONE FOOTAGE SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN COMMUNITY ACTIVIST BYRON COLE AND POLICE. AT SOME POINT, HE TELLS THEM NOT TO TOUCH HIS WIFE. UH, HE WAS, UM, STANDING UP AND TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING. AND THEN VERY QUICKLY, THE POLICE SWARMED HIM AND HIS WIFE, AND THEN I GUESS THEY HAD A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THEM. UM, SO QUICKLY IT TURNED INTO THE POLICE WERE CHASING THEM. THEY WERE SEEN BEING ESCORTED OUT WHILE CURSING AT CITY COUNCIL AND NOPD. HERE YOU SEE NOPD CONFRONT COLE’S WIFE BEFORE SHE HITS ONE OFFICER WITH A BOOK OUT SIDE THE CHAMBERS. MORE OF A DISRUPTION WITH COLE ON THE FLOOR BEING PINNED DOWN BY OFFICERS. THIS VIEW, TAKEN BY A CITY COUNCIL WORKER, SHOWS A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. I THINK IT NEED TO BE A SERIOUS REVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED. IF THERE’S ANY VIDEO FOOTAGE OUT THERE, ACTIVIST REGGIE FORD SAYS HE WAS AT A MEETING TO ADDRESS CLEAN ZONES AMID ESSENCE FESTIVAL WHEN HE SAW THE CONFUSION. THE RISK SO THEY WON’T TOUCH HER BECAUSE SHE INSTRUCTED THEM NOT TO TOUCH HER. WHAT I SAW WAS EXTREMELY, UH, UNSETTLING BECAUSE AS THEY WERE VERY BRUTAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY PUSHED THEM OUT OF THE ROOM. AND POLICE TELL US THAT ALL THREE WHO WERE ARRESTED ACTUALLY HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FIRST FOR MINOR INJURIES, THEN BOOKED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING DISTURBING THE PEACE. NOW, I SHOULD NOTE ALSO THAT I WAS HERE FOR THE CLEAN ZONE ORDINANCE THAT DID PASS. OKAY, SO IT DID PASS WITH A LOT OF AMENDMENT. UM, PRETTY MUCH NOW ALLOWING FOR STREET VENDORS T

New Orleans Metropolis Council assembly disrupted, 3 individuals arrested

Up to date: 12:49 AM CDT Jun 7, 2024

The New Orleans Metropolis Council assembly acquired heated on Thursday as a number of individuals have been faraway from the council assembly by New Orleans police. The New Orleans Police Division stated the individuals concerned within the disturbance have been requested a number of occasions to cease the disturbance and go away the council chambers, however they refused. Neighborhood activist Byron Cole, his spouse, Rhadell Cole, and Sean Myles have been all arrested for the disturbance. They’re all being charged with battery of a police officer and resisting arrest after officers say they resisted arrest and hit a number of officers.

NEW ORLEANS —

The New Orleans Metropolis Council assembly acquired heated on Thursday as a number of individuals have been faraway from the council assembly by New Orleans police.

The New Orleans Police Division stated the individuals concerned within the disturbance have been requested a number of occasions to cease the disturbance and go away the council chambers, however they refused.

Neighborhood activist Byron Cole, his spouse, Rhadell Cole, and Sean Myles have been all arrested for the disturbance.

They’re all being charged with battery of a police officer and resisting arrest after officers say they resisted arrest and hit a number of officers.