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Roland Bourgeois, Jr. faces sentencing in federal court for shooting three black men in New Orleans in the chaotic wake of Hurricane Katrina. Witnesses said Bourgeois held a shotgun and pledged to shoot anybody with skin “darker than a brown paper bag." tribtown.com/2019/02/14/us-…
"Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity." by @ACInvestigates propublica.org/article/post-k…
Roland Bourgeois, Jr. received a 10 year sentence this afternoon on charges of illegal use of a weapon and a hate crime stemming from the shooting of three black men in the wake of Katrina. nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/…
The Bourgeois case is the last of post-Katrina cases involving vigilante violence and police misconduct. In 2016, 5 New Orleans police officers entered guilty pleas and were sentenced in the shootings of 6 unarmed people on Danziger Bridge. cnn.com/2016/04/20/us/…
"The police didn't arrive to chaos. They created it." by @jarvisdeberry nola.com/katrina/index.…
"Former New Orleans Detective Pleads Guilty in Katrina Shooting Cover-up." by @ACInvestigates "Lohman...was involved in planting a handgun at the scene, drafted phony police reports, and lied to federal agents." propublica.org/article/former…
"Danziger Bridge shootings cover-up was brazen, former NOPD detective testifies.": "Lehrmann said he was present when Kaufman called out to a group of officers, asking for a made-up name for a fictional witness. Lehrmann suggested 'Lakeisha.'" nola.com/crime/index.ss…
"In Post-Katrina Killing, NOPD Cop Testifies Why He Shot Man, Another Explains Why He Burned the Body." propublica.org/article/in-pos…
