NEW ORLEANS –Donald Battiste, a former New Orleans Police Officer was sentenced last week in federal court here to 4 years and 9 months in prison for civil rights violations in connection with the beating and robbery of a man he thought was an itinerant worker, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. It ended up the worker was an undercover cop working a sting operation.
Battiste admitted that in October 2006, while on duty, he robbed and beat the person, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The incident was captured on video tape.
