baton rouge police department told the bbc that they are committed to building trust and legitimacy in, and they are actively listening to residents. radio chatter. reporter: the seventh consecutive day of protests against police brutality in new york city... witnessing the killing of any human being is harrowing. it is even worse when it is a loved one. but when the killers are law enforcement officers, seeking accountability can have serious consequences. more common than people understand is the threat of incarceration. that if you speak out on this case, it is going to cause us to look at your taxes, or look at, you know, your last dui warrant or any number of things where we allow the state to. ..criminalise witnesses. and there's no protection. criminalisation is just whatjessica clouatre says is happening to her, since she witnessed the killing of her boyfriend, josef richardson. in july last year, they were living in a motel in port allen, next door to baton rouge. it was just a small room, we were actually waiting on our apartment so we were just staying there until the 1st. u