NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On the eve of 2025's Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line season, trouble is brewing.

"People come out to participate and celebrate their community. Their club that's in their community. And if you say, 'ok you can't ride on a trolley,' what are we telling our community? We're going to tear your culture down a little bit at a time," said Ed Buckner.

Buckner is the president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club. Theirs is one of the 36 parades scheduled on Sundays over the nine-month second-line season.

In an annual meeting recently with the New Orleans Police Department, the clubs walked away feeling as if the culture is "under assault."

"The continued cultural displacement imposed by the NOPD is where we are like this is enough," said Social Aid

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