Leander
Perez was a Prosecuting Attorney for Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana. The FBI opened an investigation
on Perez for his possible violation of Civil Rights
Statutes by depriving individuals of Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana their right to freedom of religion
and integrated education. On January 30, 1956, in
an interview, Leander Perez stated, "I have requested
the investigation be discontinued at the Washington
level and expects the FBI investigation be called
off." The Assistant United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Louisiana contacted the Department
of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and they agreed
that no further investigations would be done. In
1965, another Civil Rights investigation was opened
on Perez for complaints that Perez harassed federal
election examiners and observers in Belle Chase,
Louisiana. Perez also tried to intimidate African
Americans who showed up to vote by yelling and cursing
at them.
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