Former New Orleans officers plead guilty in Danziger Bridge shootings

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/us/new-orleans-danziger-bridge-plea-deal/

(CNN)Five former New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty Wednesday and were sentenced in connection with the deadly shootings of six unarmed people on the Danziger Bridge days after Hurricane Katrina.

The defendants also pleaded guilty for their roles in an extensive cover-up of the shooting, a scarring episode in New Orleans that compounded the devastation of the flooding.

But their sentences -- from three to 12 years in prison -- are remarkably less severe than the six to 65 years in prison they were originally sentenced to back in 2012.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite called the outcome an imperfect resolution.

Edited April 23, 2016 by Stay Woke

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Wow, fired on an unarmed family and people fleeing. Isn't this something that happens in other countries with a corrupt military coupe?

[Expat1 971]

Just another democratic utopia run by just another corrupt (black as it turns out) mayor elected by (black as it turns out) ghetto trash. Amazing how many of these events happen in these utopias.

Shortly after, Nagin continued, "We as black people, it's time, it's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day."

New Orleans is still chocolate and it's still a crime-ridden dump. The dream is alive!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Wow, fired on an unarmed family and people fleeing. Isn't this something that happens in other countries with a corrupt military coupe?

Pretty much. So sad but not surprising. People can be such monsters.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Pretty much. So sad but not surprising. People can be such monsters.

It's sad when the police should be protecting the public not executing them. It's imperative good police condemn these actions and work hard to turn in corrupt cops so we can have more trust between the police and public.