'A plan was made to cover up the incident,' Police Chief Murphy Paul said.
Three Baton Rouge police officers have been hit with criminal charges as investigators probe allegations that a street crime unit turned an unmarked warehouse dubbed the “Brave Cave" into a torture chamber where innocent people were assaulted, stripped, and subjected to body cavity searches,Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence Sr. was charged with simple battery, obstruction of justice, malfeasance in office and theft, and was placed on administrative leave, Baton RougeSgt.
The investigation that ensnared the officers, Paul said, began with a complaint from a resident in August who said that in September 2020 he was strip-searched, beaten and tased by members of the now-disbandedThe alleged "Brave Cave," an unmarked warehouse reportedly used by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Paul said that investigation has been completed but gave no further details. But Troy Lawrence Jr. is one of the officers named in Brown’s complaint.
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