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Ex-New Orleans Cop Gets 8 Years For Role in Danziger Bridge Shootings of Civilians

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former New Orleans cop Michael Hunter was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for covering up and participating in the shootings on the infamous Danziger Bridge of unarmed citizens days after Katrina hit. Two civilians died and four were wounded. In one of the more disgraceful chapters in the police…

3rd New Orleans Cop Pleads Guilty in Post-Katrina Shooting Case

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ugliness of the post-Katrina police shootings in New Orleans that left two unarmed citizens dead and four wounded in 2005 on the infamous Danziger Bridge continued to unravel in U.S. District Court. New Orleans cop Michael Hunter,33, became the third cop –and the first to actually witness the shootings —…