"Feds Investigate Baton Rouge Police Torture Allegations in 'Brave Cave' and 'Torture Warehouse'"

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into allegations of abuse and torture by the Baton Rouge Police Department's Street Crimes Unit at a narcotics processing center known as the "Brave Cave." Multiple lawsuits claim that suspects were mistreated at the facility, including an unlawful strip-search of a grandmother. The police department has requested an independent review and has disbanded the Street Crimes Unit. The investigation is being conducted by the FBI, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana.