Breaking -Police officers convicted over Katrina bridge shootings

[malaise]

This is great news but they should not have escaped murder charges
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/05/police-convicted-katrina-bridge-shootings
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Five New Orleans police officers have been convicted over the Hurricane Katrina bridge shootings. Photograph: James Nielsen/AFP/Getty Images

Five New Orleans police officers have been convicted for their complicity in a series of murders and shootings of residents trying to escape the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

A jury found the five men guilty of covering up the killing of two people – including a mentally disabled man – and the wounding of four others in an elaborate plot that involved creating fake witnesses, falsifying police reports and statements, and planting a gun as evidence.

While the men escaped charges of murder, the jury in New Orleans also found Robert Faulcon, Robert Gisevius, Kenneth Bowen and Anthony Villavaso guilty of civil rights violations, while the fifth, Arthur Kaufman – a sergeant who investigated the shootings – was also guilty of taking part in the coverup.

"This was a critical verdict. I cannot overstate the importance of this verdict. The power, the message it sends to the community, the healing power it has," Jim Letten, the prosecuting US attorney, said after the verdict was announced.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/danziger-trial/danziger-sverdict-126841363.html

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[RagAss]

1. Where the FUCK is the MSM on this?????

[malaise]

2. I can't believe this isn't breaking news on M$NBComcast

or CNN. I'll see if the networks cover this. This is HUGE!!!
Sharpton begins and doesn't say a word

[3waygeek]

17. I'd expect to see Rachel cover this...

she talked about the case quite a bit earlier this year. Even if Melissa Harris-Perry is subbing, I'd expect to see it mentioned, as I recall her & Rachel discussing it on multiple occasions.

[sad sally]

4. Orwell Rolls in his Grave

"Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..."

This was replayed on Current TV last night...chilling.

http://www.orwellrollsinhisgrave.com/?du

[malaise]

5. Thanks for that link

:hi:

[AndyTiedye]

12. Maybe Just as Well. If Faux Were Covering It, They'd Call for the Verdicts to be Overturned

now that they have moved into overt racist mode.

[RagAss]

3. Kicked !!!!!

[Karmadillo]

6. I hope this doesn't deflect attention away from the Casey Anthony story.

It would be interesting to do a survey to see how many Americans are aware of this story and outcome compared to what they know about the Anthony trial.

[malaise]

8. You owe me a lap top

Great post :rofl:

Seriously this is the case that should have had live coverage.

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[Taverner]

7. May they rot in hell

[malaise]

11. September 4th 2005 - what happened on that Danziger bridge

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/law-disorder/case-six-danziger-bridge/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6063982

[chill_wind]

13. Yes. Barbaric, cold blooded.

http://blacknewsmagazine.com/a-teenager-shot-by-police-after-hurricane-katrina-was-hit-by-bullets-from-at-least-three-different-gunswhile-on-the-ground/

[NOLALady]

9. Kick

[midnight]

10. K&R

[chill_wind]

14. K &R.

[malaise]

15. Watched ABC news and not a word

What a Friday news dump. This one is shocking. This should have been the number one story everywhere.

[chill_wind]

16. A lot of people were called liars and CT's when that story first broke.

RW types on other discussion boards and blogs I used to check at the time.
I still feel sick in my stomach at the conversations I saw.

:-(

[malaise]

18. I remember well

DUers followed that slaughter from the beginning