Protesters gather outside the GEO South Louisiana Detention Center in Basile on Monday, June 30. Among them were Joseph Bryant, international executive director of Service Employees International Union (SEIU). (Photo by Robert Stewart of Verite News)
(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory.
The Town of Basile, earlier last week, issued and approved a permit to a group of peaceful protesters from New Orleans. The protest was to be held Monday, June 30, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the GEO South Louisiana Detention Center.
I had a conference call Friday, June 27, with four of the organizers of …
