Ex-police jailed over Hurricane Katrina shootings

  • 12 years ago
Four ex-policemen who shot six unarmed civilians in New Orleans, days after Hurricane Katrina, killing two of them, have been given lengthy jail terms.

They opened fire after responding to a radio call that police were being shot at near a bridge. The
federal government brought the prosecution after local efforts failed.

"What we learned through this trial, what we
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