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FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave'

Headline from WDIO Duluth, on the newest of 2 developments

The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police assaulted and strip-searched drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Baton Rouge police tortured detainees in ‘Brave Cave,’ lawsuits allege

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

  2. Newest

    FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave'

    Headline from WDIO Duluth ·

Reports & sources

9 articles, oldest first.

  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Baton Rouge police tortured detainees in ‘Brave Cave,’ lawsuits allege (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

    Published

    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The FBI in Louisiana has been asked to assist the Baton Rouge Police Department in its criminal and internal investigation after attorneys filed a second federal lawsuit against the department, several individual police officers and the city in connection with an alleg…

  2. NPR

    Baton Rouge police are under investigation for 'brave cave' tactics (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    Several lawsuits accuse the Baton Rouge police department of maintaining a so called "brave cave" in a warehouse that's been used for strip searches and beatings. The FBI is investigating.

  3. NPR

    FBI investigates alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police building called the 'Brave Cave' (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, La., assaulted drug suspects they detained in the obscure warehouse.

  4. The Guardian

    FBI launches inquiry into alleged abuse by police at Baton Rouge warehouse (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    An obscure warehouse known as the ‘Brave Cave’ was used by officers to detain and torture suspects, recent lawsuits claim

  5. WDIO Duluth

    FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' (opens WDIO Duluth)

    Published

    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police assaulted and strip-searched drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.