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Trial over Katrina shooting winds down

December 8, 2011 5:55 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A jury is set to hear closing arguments in the trial of two New Orleans police officers charged with lying under oath about a man's fatal shooting outside the city's convention center in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Attorneys for officers Ronald Mitchell and Ray Jones are expected... more »
Katrina shooting victim's skull still missing

December 13, 2010 8:17 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rebecca Glover said her family could not have been more horrified by what happened to her nephew: He was shot by police days after Hurricane Katrina hit, then left to die in a car that a police officer drove to a deserted levee and set ablaze.... more »
"Shoot The Looters" Investigation

August 27, 2010 2:57 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Allegations that New Orleans police were told after Hurricane Katrina to "take the city back and shoot the looters," are being investigated by federal authorities. Although FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorn refused to comment on the investigation, police spokesman Bob Young said on Friday that police have... more »
Miss. man charged with Katrina hate crime

July 15, 2010 6:03 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A man accused of shooting and wounding three black men in New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has been charged with a federal hate crime. A five-count indictment handed up Thursday accuses 47-year-old Roland Bourgeois Jr., who is white, of firing a shotgun at the men in... more »