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Algiers Police Shooting Report Altered, Sources Say
A police report about the shooting of a man whose burned corpse was later discovered in a car on the Algiers levee after Hurricane Katrina… More...
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Post-Katrina Shootings by Police Get Federal Attention
Case Two | | February 19, 2010Federal agents have broadened their investigation of the New Orleans Police Department and are now looking into three post-Katrina police shootings detailed in a news…
New Orleans Police Officer Under Investigation in Shooting in Days After Katrina
Case Five | | February 13, 2010This article was co-published with the New Orleans Times-Picayune. A former New Orleans police officer is under investigation for shooting Henry Glover outside an Algiers…
Did New Orleans SWAT Cops Shoot an Unarmed Man?
Case Four | | December 15, 2009The tip came in on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, as disorder was spreading through the devastated city: Somebody had stolen a Kentwood…
How a New Orleans Police Detective Missed a Key Clue in a Controversial Killing
Case Three | | December 14, 2009The New Orleans Police Department’s official 12-page report on the death of Danny Brumfield Sr. comes to this conclusion: The 45-year-old grandfather was to blame…
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In Baton Rouge, More Allegations of Police Misconduct After Hurricane Katrina
Yesterday, the Baton Rouge Advocate published a damning exposé detailing allegations of misconduct by Baton Rouge police officers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After…
Second Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty in New Orleans
March 12: This story has been updated. The second guilty plea in the Danziger Bridge case today revealed additional details about the conduct of New…
Second Figure Charged in Post-Katrina Police Shootings
A second former New Orleans Police Department officer has been charged in federal court in connection with the Sept. 4, 2005 shootings on the Danziger…
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Religious Street
There is no police report describing what happened in this photo.
Matt McDonald
Why didn’t police tell his family he was killed by an officer?
Danny Brumfield
How does a man waving down a police car die from a shotgun blast to his back?
Keenon McCann
The gun police said he had was never found.
Henry Glover
His skull and ashes were found in the back of an incinerated Chevy.
Danziger Bridge
Officers responding to an emergency call opened fire on civilians, injuring four and killing two.
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