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Sprinklers were activated on some floors and smoke was present in the hospital in the 3500 block of Prytania Street as of around 2:20 p.m., when New Orleans Fire Department was looking for the source of smoke, a source familiar with the incident said.

The protest by the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression New Orleans was an "emergency" response to U.S. Border Patrol sweeps targeting thousands of immigrants in the area, organizers said.

The new system will make it easier for police to do their jobs, officials say.

New Orleans police on Thursday released footage of a special ops officer shooting a man as he allegedly held a woman hostage at gunpoint in a barricaded gas station on Halloween.

The Civil Service Commission upheld the firing of veteran NOPD Lt. Anthony Bakewell for sexually harassing a fellow officer.

Brandon Joseph was re-booked on murder after NOPD located him in jail, NOPD officials said.

Hurricane Melissa is heading for the northern Caribbean but will spare Louisiana. The storm has already killed at least three people in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.

Survivors of Jacob W. Lucien, 57, may contact NOPD's Sex Crimes unit at 504-658-5523 or call 911 to report crimes.

"What is our objective? To defend the Constitution from those who think they are above it," said speaker Alanah Odoms, executive director for ACLU Louisiana. "You know why? Because we have a Constitution, not a king."

"Several of us lifted the car off," the witness said in an emailed statement. "We thought he was going to be OK, but are stunned and absolutely heartbroken."