"6 charged in post-Katrina shootings" by Associated Press | July 14, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — Six current or former New Orleans police officers were charged yesterday in the deadly shootings of two people in Hurricane Katrina’s chaotic aftermath and could face the most serious punishment yet — the death penalty — for the killings that have brought down a string of other officers....
Five former New Orleans police officers already have pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shootings on the Danziger Bridge that killed two men and wounded four others, days after the August 2005 hurricane.
In one instance, a mentally disabled man was shot in the back and stomped before he died....
--more--"Also see: Around AmeriKa: Loony Louisiana
