http://news.yahoo.com/5-ex-cops-sentenced-katrina-killings-case-192815766.html
A federal judge sentenced five former police officers to years in prison
for the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge in the chaotic days
following Hurricane Katrina but not before lashing out at prosecutors
for allowing others involved to serve lighter penalties for their
crimes. The case that wrapped up Wednesday was the centerpiece of a
Justice Department push to clean up New Orleans' police department that
has long been tainted with corruption. Police gunned down 17-year-old
James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, who were both unarmed,
and wounded four others on Sept. 4, 2005, less than a week after the
storm devastated New Orleans. To cover it up, the officers planted a
gun, fabricated witnesses and falsified reports. Defense attorneys have
indicated they will appeal. How ridiculous. They had a bad shoot and decided to cover up their mistake instead of being real men and stepping up and admitting they messed up. I just want to punch some people in the face for being so messed up, and what's even more rediculous is that the people they shot were innocent. The nerve of some people today.
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