Atole Blog's

   So the word is that after six years five New Orleans cops have been convicted on charges related to the shooting that took place on the Danziger bridge after hurricane Katrina. I can not believe that these cops were able to cover up their actions of harming and murdering people for this long.
    This shows that the law needs to be looked into more. Another thing that is crazy about this situation is that these officers hurt people while they were in a time of need and going through a tragic event. The officers involved murdered two people and injured four, SMH. Get it together,but I am glad that justice is finally served.

   "Convicted were former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman. Faulcon, Gisevius, Bowen and Villavaso were convicted in the shootings and with taking part in the alleged cover-up. Kaufman, who investigated the shootings, was charged only in the alleged cover-up.
    The trial was a high-profile test of the Justice Department’s effort to clean up a police department marred by a reputation for corruption and brutality. A total of 20 current or former New Orleans police officers were charged last year in a series of federal probes. Most of the cases center on actions during the aftermath of the Aug. 29, 2005, storm, which plunged the flooded city into a state of lawlessness and desperation.
    Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore Carter said in closing arguments Tuesday that police had no justification for shooting unarmed, defenseless people trying to cross the bridge in search of food and help mere days after Katrina struck.“It was unreasonable for these officers to fire even one shot, let alone dozens,” he had said."(http://www.eurweb.com/?p=123295)