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Murder, Corruption and Katrina—Cops on Trial in the Big Easy

Wednesday 29 June 2011

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice system.

Witness testimony began Monday in a trial that has already shocked and polarized the City of New Orleans and brought urgent calls for reform of the city's entire criminal-justice system. 
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