‘He had a future’: Anti-hazing billboard goes up in Central Business District
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — An anti-hazing billboard has gone up in the Central Business District.
It is also a tribute to Caleb Wilson, the Southern University at Baton Rouge student who died following an off campus hazing incident in February.
The billboard features images of Wilson with text that reads:
“He had a future. Hazing took it away.”
Additionally, it contains a list of life accomplishments Wilson did not get to because his life was cut short.
The billboard is located in the 1000 block of Poydras Street and will be up through Saturday, April 19.
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