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NOPD will not disclose murder victims’ rap sheets

New Orleans police will no longer add the arrest record for victims to their news releases, The Associated Press reported last week.

The old policy of adding a victim’s arrest record to each news release outlining a homicide stirred fierce opposition, with opponents saying it was cruel and divisive to the community.

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