Feds charge ex-officer with conspiracy to obstruct justice in Katrina bridge killing probe

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02-24-2010 11:25 AM CST |By MARY FOSTER and MIKE KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writers
NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) --

Federal officials are charging a former New Orleans police lieutenant with conspiracy to obstruct justice in an investigation of killings by police officers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The charge was unsealed Wednesday and is part of a deal under which Michael Lohman has agreed to help in the investigation of a shooting by seven officers after the storm. The shooting left two people dead and four others wounded at the Danziger Bridge.

The Justice Department's civil rights division opened a probe after a state judge threw out state charges of murder and attempted murder against the seven in 2008. Lohman was not one of the seven.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Justice delayed is justice denied.

[hatesthegop]

2. All cops are pretty much like this

most prosecutors also!