[StBernard] NOPD Computers Removed in Danziger Bridge Shooting Case

[Westley Annis]

Does this not sound like the same bullshit as the Rodney King case?  Let me
be the first to point out the obvious if McCain or any "white" man was
president, you would never have this investigation by the feds - so this is
racist in itself.  The NOPD officers were cleared of charges and by
witnesses of returning fire on individuals with criminal records, but
remember, the current U.S. Attorney General is Eric Holder, a black man, who
while previously working as a Deputy Attorney General under Clinton
authorized the release of Hispanic terrorist who planned and excuted a
federal judge.  So, no surprise here.
 
John
 
 
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two computers were removed from the New Orleans Police
Department during a search by the FBI as part of a probe into a deadly
bridge shooting in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, officials
said Monday. 

Last September, federal officials announced plans to investigate the
officers involved in the Sept. 4, 2005, shootings on the Danziger Bridge
that killed two men and injured four. A state court judge has thrown out
murder and attempted murder charges against seven current and former
officers, but the FBI is investigating if civil rights were violated. 

David Welker, the FBI's special agent in charge in New Orleans, said in a
brief statement that the search warrant executed last week relates to the
investigation. An FBI spokeswoman declined further comment Monday. 

Police spokesman Bob Young said the department's Public Integrity Bureau
helped federal authorities remove the computers from the Bureau of
Investigations. Officers acknowledged shooting at people on the bridge - but
only after taking fire. Religious and civil rights groups called on local
prosecutors to refile charges, and the then-district attorney asked the U.S.
Justice Department's civil rights division to step in. The judge who threw
out state charges sided with defense arguments that prosecutors had violated
the law by divulging grand jury testimony to a police officer who was a
witness in the case. 

Survivors of the bridge shooting have said officers fired at unarmed people
crossing the bridge to get food. 

Romell Madison, whose brother, Ronald, died, said Monday that he felt
"uplifted" that the matter was being pursued. 

"When time passes, it's like it's forgotten, and you don't know what's going
on," he said.