These six officers were not only accused of murder but also of conspiring to hide their crime through secret meetings, planting evidence, inventing witnesses, false arrests, and perjury. Five officers plead guilty. In the days after the flooding of New Orleans, police officers were told they were defending a city under siege and were given tacit permission to use deadly force at their own discretion. At the time, no one in power seemed to be interested in looking into the details of who was killed and why. [MORE]

From [HERE] An attorney for a New Orleans police sergeant charged with shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge is asking a judge to drop the murder charges against his client due to alleged prosecutorial missteps.

Frank DeSalvo, who represents Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, filed a lengthy motion Monday night in federal court that accuses federal prosecutors of numerous missteps in the years-long Danziger Bridge probe. DeSalvo argues that missteps on the part of authorities make Bowen's indictment "legally invalid" and that the charges should be quashed.

Federal prosecutors have yet to rebut the motion in court filings and a judge has yet to rule on the motion.