Tag: Louisiana agencies: Page 30

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Stressed Post-Katrina Officer Testifies About Why He Burned Body

Officer Greg McRae, a 27-year veteran, choked up at times, saying "I had seen enough bodies. I had seen enough rot."

November 29, 2010

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NOPD Lieutenant Lied About Glover Shooting, FBI Agent Testifies

Lt. Travis McCabe is one of five officers charged with beating the 31-year-old Glover, burning his body in a vehicle and covering up the incident.

November 22, 2010

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Trial Begins for Five New Orleans Officers

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Knight told a jury that former NOPD officer David Warren shot an unarmed civilian on Sept. 2, 2005. Two other police officers then took stops to cover up that fact by burning the man's body in a car on the Algiers levee. The cover-up later extended to the writing of false reports by two other police officers.

November 9, 2010

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Suspect Who Ambushed Louisiana Sergeant In Custody

Sgt. Tim Prunty, 44, was standing near his cruiser in uniform, when Chris Cope pulled into the convenience store parking lot and opened fire on the officer.

October 23, 2010

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Chasing Ghosts In a Civil Rights Era Cop Killing

On June 2, 1965, Dep. O'Neal Moore and Dep. David "Creed" Rogers were patrolling near their homes in Varnado, a very small town on the Mississippi border. The deputies were heading for a stop at the Moores' house for dinner. They never tasted the meal.

October 21, 2010

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New Orleans PD Suspends K-9 Apprehensions

Police Superintendent Ronal W. Serpas made the decision after receiving information from the Department of Justice that the apprehension area of the K-9 Division "showed deficiencies."

October 10, 2010

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New Orleans Cop Killing Suspect May Never Stand Trial

The mentally ill man accused of killing New Orleans police officer Nicola Cotton in January 2008 with her own gun after she tried to question him cannot stand trial because he is "irrestorably incompetent," a judge has ruled.

September 29, 2010

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Katrina: Was NOPD Ordered to Shoot Looters?

The accounts of orders to "shoot looters," "take back the city," or "do what you have to do" are fragmentary. It remains unclear who originated them or whether they were heard by any of the officers involved in shooting 11 civilians in the days after Katrina.

August 25, 2010

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Chief's 65-Point Plan To Fix New Orleans PD Includes Termination For Lying

Superintendent Ronal Serpas has released a 65-point plan to fix the troubled New Orleans Police Department that includes a revision to the "truthfulness" policy that mandates the firing of officers who lie to the department.

August 23, 2010

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Feds Say Consent Decree Likely Result of New Orleans PD Probe

The Justice Department investigation, which is expected to lead to a federal court consent decree that mandates specific changes within the department, began in early May. Although the federal agency was widely expected to initiate a civil investigation, the probe officially began at the request of Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

August 9, 2010

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Two New Orleans Officers Charged in Civilian Beating Death

The feds indicted Officers Melvin Williams and Matthew Moore for the beating that caused the death of civilian Raymond Robair. If convicted, Williams faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. Moore faces a possible maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

August 5, 2010

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Six More New Orleans Officers Indicted In Katrina Cover-ups

The indictment charges four officers in connection with the shootings, and charges those four officers and two supervisors with helping to obstruct justice during the subsequent investigations. The four officers charged with killing civilians could face life in prison or the death penalty.

July 12, 2010