Rev. Donald Britton, in this 2004 East Baton Rouge Parish booking photo, was convicted of stealing $3,000 from Maison Des Ami of Louisiana, a federally-funded shelter for chronically mentally ill homeless. The money was meant to help one of the center’s clients. Although Britton was convicted, he insists it should have remained a simple civil matter and that he was persecuted because of his race.
Photo by EBRP Sheriff's Dept.