Indicted cops turn themselves in, other officers show support

It's hard to make a case either way without knowing the facts, but I wouldn't put murder past the NOPD.

 

Heh ... me a bleeding heart liberal?

I see you have decided not to take your meds this new year.:thumb:

 

If we lived in a world where cops were always the good guys yes.

However, that isn't always the case, especially in NO. It ain't that hard to get a badge and a gun. Being a cop doesn't make you a saint.

 

It wasn't just NOPD out knocking off the "Gangs of New Orleans". I don't think I'm going to get all judgmental here. We don't know what it was like back then. From what I hear, it was kill or be killed. If they hadn't started picking off the shooters (and the OK to start shooting was delivered from above), a lot of rescued people would have been un-rescued.

 

The same article says this.

Yes they shot a man in the back when they probably shouldn't have but the cops were responding to a call where officers were wounded and there were reports of gunfire. Now this man that was shot in the back was running away from the cops. For all we know, they had no idea he was mentally retarded and they just logically decided that this guy was running away from them and there have been reports of gunfire, he is probably the culprit.

From the same article

Sure the officers could be lying but is it really a stretch to believe these officers are telling the truth? They will get their day in court and hopefully the truth comes out.

 

Ok weither the guy was mentally handicap should in NO WAY come into play because there is NO WAY they would have been able to know that upon arriving at the scene.


The reason they were shot was because of the company that they keep, they are hanging out with the same guys that are returning fire, what in the hell do you expect the police to do.

 

The rules were suspended, Red. At the time, there were thousands of innocent people seeking help and the help could not get to them because the rescuers were being shot at. Word came down to take them out. The Danzinger Bridge shooting got the pub, but this was happening all over. There are a lot of "flood victims" with bullet holes in 'em.