Louisiana governor: Judge should resign after racial slurs
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards called Wednesday on a Louisiana judge to step down after she admitted to using racial slurs in angry text messages. The Democratic governor said the “state deserves better.” Edwards said in a statement that District Judge Jessie LeBlanc “has compromised her ability to preside as a judge, and she has damaged the judiciary. She should resign.” LeBlanc, who is white, LeBlanc, now admits sending the text messages after denying them for months. She acknowledged in an interview Sunday on that she used ...
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