David Prejean and dog attacking Marcus Robicheaux
Background from
The Advocate:
It was Dec. 6, 2012, and Marcus Robicheaux, like the other inmates at the Iberia Parish Jail, was standing with his hands on his head and his nose pressed against the wall of the recreation yard as correctional officers ran a contraband sweep.
Suddenly, one deputy pulled Robicheaux from the wall and threw him to the ground. The deputy’s dog then attacked Robicheaux, biting his legs, arms and torso, and the deputy joined in, stomping and kicking the prone inmate. The whole three-minute incident was captured on video from the jail’s surveillance cameras.
Watch the shockingly brutal and seemingly unprovoked attack:
Of course, Officer David Prejean's report differed from what was captured on video. He's no longer working for the department:
Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal said Prejean was fired in January after officials finally viewed the footage, more than two years after the incident occurred. A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the tape as part of an investigation into abuse of inmates at the jail, Ackal said.
As for Robicheaux, he claims he still has no idea why he was targeted:
“He grabbed me and slammed me down on the ground,” Robicheaux said in an interview last fall. “He picked me out. Why? I don’t know. I still ask myself that to this day.”
Read more about other investigations and alleged abuse in this
shocking article from The Advocate.