Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New Orleans Police Department reached a landmark deal with the U.S. Department of Justice to overhaul the city’s scandal-plagued police force, the New York Times reports. The aim of the 122-page consent decree is to improve safety in the city and end corruption and abuse. “Effective policing and constitutional policing go…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will announce an array of reforms in the New Orleans Police Department on Tuesday as part of the most far-reaching consent decree of its kind, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. A monitor and federal judge will direct the mandated oversight spelled out in a 125-page agreement for…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Add five years to the Danziger Bridge prison time count. A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced Thursday to five years for his role on the bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, according to a Justice Department statement. Robert Barrios rode with other officers in a large Budget rental…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, back in 2005, came the waves of chaos and police misconduct including murder and coverups. In New Orleans on Wednesday, former New Orleans cop Ignatius Hills was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for his role in helping officers cover up the infamous Danziger…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury on Friday convicted five current and former New Orleans cops in the case involving the cover-up and shooting of six unarmed civilians on Danziger Bridge days after Katrina devastated the area, WWL TV reported. Two of the people died. The station reported that defendants Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In response to a cry for help from the newly minted Mayor, the Justice Department announced Monday that it will conduct an evaluation of the New Orleans Police Department to figure out reforms for the troubled agency, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, attending a news conference…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what appears to be a big break in a long drawn out investigation, a former lieutenant for the New Orleans police department pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to covering up a police shooting involving multiple victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said. Ex-Lt. Michael…
