A former North Carolina cop — once awarded “police officer of the month” — allegedly plotted to gun down black people at a Louisiana festival, authorities said.

Law enforcement across three states thwarted the plans of an experienced former cop who they say expressed a desire to harm Black people and threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans fe...

Gillum was taken into custody in Okaloosa County after the sheriff’s office learned he was in the area through the county’s flock camera system.