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Outrage Ensues Over Viral Video Showing New Orleans Police Tackle, Arrest Black Brass Band Player After White Business Owner Calls Police

A Louisiana community is still reeling over the arrest of a Black brass band player by New Orleans police after a complaint from a white store owner.

Viral video of the arrest, shot by Facebook user Christopher Henry, showed trumpeter Eugene Grant, 27, pinned to the ground by NOPD officers near the corner of Chartres and Frenchmen streets, according to local newspaper the Gambit. The incident…