Rep .Cedric Richmond talking to former St John the Baptist Councilman Larry Sorapuru after he held a call-in townhall event at the Advocate's office in New Orleans . Sorapuru and other members of the Concerned Citizens of St John and members of the Coalition Against Death Alley wanted to bring attention to the fact no questions about the role pollution from the petrochemical plants in river parishes has on the high number of deaths from COVID-19 in the African American community that live near the plants were taken at Richmond's last event.