Trial opens for New Orleans police officers charged in deadly bridge shootings after Katrina
source: http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/06/trial-opens-for-new-orleans-police.html
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On a brisk January morning in 2007, seven New Orleans police officers waded through a crowd of cheering supporters outside the city’s jail to face charges stemming from a deadly encounter with residents on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. Before they were booked, the grim-faced officers accepted hugs and handshakes from fellow cops who shouted, “Heroes! Heroes!”
Three of the officers who received the hero’s welcome have admitted they were concealing a dark secret the day they surrendered, one so lurid it stunned a city with a long history of police corruption.
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Three of the officers who received the hero’s welcome have admitted they were concealing a dark secret the day they surrendered, one so lurid it stunned a city with a long history of police corruption.
More here:
http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/06/trial-opens-for-new-orleans-police.html
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