BATON ROUGE – Mayor Sid Edwards is looking to the federal government for help to form a task force of federal law enforcement to help fight crime in Baton Rouge in response to last week’s mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana.
A spokesperson for the mayor’s office says they are not requesting the National Guard, but a task force made up of the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“We’re asking for any and all help we can get to help us protect the citizens of Baton Rouge, eradicate gangs, and any other nefarious people we have in this city,” Edwards said in a press conference, just a day after the mall shooting…