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FBI Confirms Investigations Into Post-Katrina Violence Widening
If you’ve been following our Law & Disorder series, there are a couple of fresh developments. Our partners at the Times-Picayune have some new information…
PBS Frontline on Post-Katrina Police Shootings
Late last year, we at ProPublica, along with the New Orleans Times-Picayune and PBS “Frontline,” unveiled Law & Disorder, an ongoing project examining violent encounters…
Grand Jury Questions Top New Orleans Cop
Last month, ProPublica, The New Orleans Times-Picayune and PBS “Frontline” joined forces to examine a string of violent encounters between police and civilians that occurred…
Did New Orleans SWAT Cops Shoot an Unarmed Man?
Case FourThe tip came in on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, as disorder was spreading through the devastated city: Somebody had stolen a Kentwood…
In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets, and in Police Ranks Too
During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interviews and…
The Case Files
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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