New Orleans Shootings

Ex-Cop To Be Sentenced For Katrina Cover-up

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 01.02.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — A former New Orleans police lieutenant has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his role in a cover-up of deadly pol...

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Shooting Cover-Up: Ex-Police Officer ADMITS Role In Hiding New Orleans Bridge Shootings

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a shooting cover-up involving civilians on a Louisiana bridge in...

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New Orleans Faces "The Nation"

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nation's investigative piece on the unsolved shootings in Algiers Point in the days after Katrina is a lengthy, painstaking piece of work. And, just like much of the media coverage of the disaster three-plus years ago, it lies.

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Will There Be Justice in New Orleans?

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new investigation exposes for the first time a rash of vigilante shootings in New Orleans, as white residents in the Algiers Point neighborhood formed an ad hoc militia and opened fire on blacks.

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