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People attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

People attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups protest outside Loyola Law School before a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jasmine Groves wears a pin commemorating her mother at a memorial in New Orleans Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, three decades after Kim Groves was killed in a murder arranged by New Orleans police officer Len Davis. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Jasmine Groves wears a pin commemorating her mother at a memorial in New Orleans Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, three decades after Kim Groves was killed in a murder arranged by New Orleans police officer Len Davis. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Jasmine Groves with her daughter and grandson attend her mother Kim's memorial in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, three decades after she was killed in a murder arranged by New Orleans police officer Len Davis. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Jasmine Groves with her daughter and grandson attend her mother Kim's memorial in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, three decades after she was killed in a murder arranged by New Orleans police officer Len Davis. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Jasmine Groves, the daughter of Kim Marie Groves who was fatally shot Oct. 13, 1994, in an execution ordered by former New Orleans police officer Len Davis, holds a portrait of her mother in New Orleans, La., Oct. 8, 2014. (Matthew Hinton/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jasmine Groves, the daughter of Kim Marie Groves who was fatally shot Oct. 13, 1994, in an execution ordered by former New Orleans police officer Len Davis, holds a portrait of her mother in New Orleans, La., Oct. 8, 2014. (Matthew Hinton/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

A coalition of social action groups arrive to attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A coalition of social action groups arrive to attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lance Madison is detained by police, Sept. 4, 2005, including NOPD officer Michael Hunter, in light blue shirt at right, and NOPD Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, left, in blue and rolled up sleeves. Partially obscured behind Bowen is NOPD Sgt. Arthur Kaufman in white shirt. (Alex Brandon/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Lance Madison is detained by police, Sept. 4, 2005, including NOPD officer Michael Hunter, in light blue shirt at right, and NOPD Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, left, in blue and rolled up sleeves. Partially obscured behind Bowen is NOPD Sgt. Arthur Kaufman in white shirt. (Alex Brandon/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Police and activists attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Police and activists attend a public hearing on the NOPD consent decree at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

This undated photo shows Kim Groves. (The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

This undated photo shows Kim Groves. (The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

An undated photo shows Len Davis. (The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

An undated photo shows Len Davis. (The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Morrell Johnson of New Orleans, is detained by NOPD Sgt. Arthur Kaufman on the Gentilly side of the Danziger Bridge, September 4, 2005. (Alex Brandon/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Morrell Johnson of New Orleans, is detained by NOPD Sgt. Arthur Kaufman on the Gentilly side of the Danziger Bridge, September 4, 2005. (Alex Brandon/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)