A former law enforcement officer accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody over the summer after a grand jury found there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime.

A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict a former law enforcement officer who was accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival.

A former law enforcement officer accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody over the summer after a…