Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator is being criticized across the nation for some of the markets he made about criminal justice reform.


That Tweet has been shared thousands of times and is continued to be shared. I spoke with Sheriff Steve Prator this morning about this social media firestorm and he did tell me he's getting numerous calls from national media outlets including the New York Times, Reuters and many other national media outlets. He tells us some of the reports are so outlandish. "I don't want this to cause me to lose my focus of running the sheriff's office." The Sheriff is planning to issue a formal written statement later today. It's been so crazy, that Caddo Parish Government issued this Tweet earlier today:

media outlets across the nation.

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