Hillar Moore, Stopping Gun Violence (2019)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News conference
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2019-09-04
Duration: 00:28:42
Subjects: Firearms | Firearms and crime | Louisiana Public Broadcasting | Moore, Hillar C., III | Gautreaux, Sid, J., III | Paul, Murphy | Broome, Sharon Weston
Contributors:
- Moore, Hillar, III Speaker
- Courtney, Beth Speaker
- Newman, Sid Speaker
- Melton, Christina Speaker
- Morgan, Reggie Speaker
- Broome, Sharon Weston Speaker
- Gautreaux, Sid Speaker
- Paul, Murphy Speaker
Description
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III leads a press conference on September 4, 2019, announcing the release of four public service announcements produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) related to gun safety and stopping gun violence. Other speakers at the press conference include: Beth Courtney, the president of LPB; Sid Newman, the executive director of Greater Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers; Christina Melton, the deputy director of LPB; Reggie Morgan, the organizer of the Let It Slide movement; East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome; East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux; and Chief Murphy Paul of the Baton Rouge Police Department.