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In 1973, Brown prevented Baton Rouge theaters from showing the NC-13-rated [[film]], ''Last Tango in Paris,'' with [[Marlon Brando]].  In 1979, Brown blocked the showing of the comedy, ''Monty Python’s Life of Brian''. Brown asked Baton Rouge [[magazine]] distributors not to offer the March 1977 issue of ''Hustler'', which a state court judge in [[Ohio]] ruled [[obscene]].<ref name=advo>Steven Ward, "Former DA Ossie Brown dies at 82", ''Baton Rouge Advocate,'' August 29, 2008, p. 1.</ref>​

In 1973, Brown prevented Baton Rouge theaters from showing the NC-13-rated [[film]], ''Last Tango in Paris,'' with [[Marlon Brando]].  In 1979, Brown blocked the showing of the comedy, ''Monty Python’s Life of Brian''. Brown asked Baton Rouge [[magazine]] distributors not to offer the March 1977 issue of ''Hustler'', which a state court judge in [[Ohio]] ruled [[obscene]].<ref name=advo>Steven Ward, "Former DA Ossie Brown dies at 82", ''Baton Rouge Advocate,'' August 29, 2008, p. 1.</ref>​

 

In 1980, the African-American attorney [[Murphy Bell]] filed suit against the city of Baton Rouge and District Attorney Brown regarding [[civil rights]] protection for African-American suspects. The suit, which stemmed from the accidental fatal shooting by police of a black teenager named Clarence Morrison, Jr. (born c. 1963), claimed, among various allegations, that Brown had used the grand jury investigative procedure as a "legal backup" to support arbitrary actions by the police department. The city and Brown, however, prevailed in the initial court and on appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=

In 1980, the African-American attorney [[Murphy Bell]] filed suit against the city of Baton Rouge and District Attorney Brown regarding [[civil rights]] protection for African-American suspects. The suit, which stemmed from the accidental fatal shooting by police of a black teenager named Clarence Morrison, Jr. (born c. 1963), claimed, among various allegations, that Brown had used the grand jury investigative procedure as a "legal backup" to support arbitrary actions by the police department. The city and Brown, however, prevailed in the initial court and on appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/614/614.F2d.77.79-2532.html|title="Mrs. Susie Lite MORRISON and Clarence Morrison, Sr., Mother and Father of Deceased Clarence Morrison, Jr., suing on their behalf and as Administrators of Clarence Morrison, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Baton Rouge et al., Defendants-Appellees, including East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Ossie B. Brown|publisher=resource.org|date=1980}}</ref>

http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/614/614.F2d.77.79-2532.html|title="Mrs. Susie Lite MORRISON and Clarence Morrison, Sr., Mother and Father of Deceased Clarence Morrison, Jr., suing on their behalf and as Administrators of Clarence Morrison, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Baton Rouge et al., Defendants-Appellees, including East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Ossie B. Brown|publisher=resource.org|date=1980}}</ref>

==Activities as DA==​

==Activities as DA==

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During his time as district attorney, Brown was elected president of both the Louisiana State and the National District Attorney's associations. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Baton Rouge Rape Crisis Center, the Pretrial Intervention Program, the Victim and Witness Assistance Program, and "I Care," a narcotics prevention program. Brown served too on the executive council of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. He was chairman of the first child abuse committee formed by the National District Attorney's Association. He wrote ''You and the Law'', a book]used in [[civics]] classes in the East Baton Rouge Parish school system.<ref name=obit/>​

During his time as district attorney, Brown was elected president of both the Louisiana State and the National District Attorney's associations. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Baton Rouge Rape Crisis Center, the Pretrial Intervention Program, the Victim and Witness Assistance Program, and "I Care," a narcotics prevention program. Brown served too on the executive council of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. He was chairman of the first child abuse committee formed by the National District Attorney's Association. He wrote ''You and the Law,'' a book used in [[civics]] classes for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system.<ref name=obit/>​

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==Civic leadership, death and legacy==

==Civic leadership, death and legacy==

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