‘I’ll Shoot You!’: Louisiana Cops Wanted Black Man to Work as Confidential Informant Against His Nephew, But When He Refused, He Was Stalked, Harassed and Killed, Lawsuit Says

Police in Louisiana wanted Fleen Myles III to work as a confidential informant against his nephew, but the 33-year-old Black man refused to turn against his family. As a result, he was harassed, threatened, and killed by Shreveport police, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week, which points out the law enforcement agency has a long and ugly history of police abuse against Black citizens. Fleen Myles, III, was one of many Black men killed by Shreveport police in Louisiana over the last several years. His family has just filed a lawsuit. (Photos of Fleen provided by family) The shooting took place on Nov. 23, 2023, after Myles accepted a ride from a man named Jacobi Brown in the Sunset Acres neighborhood, where more than 80 percent of its residents are Black. The lawsuit states that Shreveport police pulled over Brown in his Chevrolet Impala for a window tint violation, then began harassing Myles, who was sitting in the passenger seat, demanding his identification even though they had no reasonable suspicion he was committing a crime, meaning he was not required to hand over his identification. Myles showed the cops his insurance identification on his phone, but that was...