6 Indicted; 4 Officers Charged With Danziger Killings

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Six New Orleans police officers have been been indicted on federal charges in connection with the shootings on the Danziger Bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina.

Four of them are accused of violating citizens' civil rights in the shooting deaths of 17-year-old James Brisette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison.

The federal charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten on Tuesday, a day after indictments were handed down by a grand jury..

Robert Gisevius, Kenneth Bowen, Robert Faulcon and Anthony Villavaso are accused of shooting two people and injuring four others. Two other officers, Arthur Kaufman and Gerard Dugue, face related charges of violation of citizens' civil rights and obstruction of justice.


Six more cops indicted in Danziger Bridge shootings, coverup
The charges break down this way:
Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon and Villavaso are all charged with a civil rights violation for shooting James Brissette, a 17-year-old killed on the eastern side of the bridge, as well as for injuring members of the Bartholomew family.
Faulcon is charged with a civil rights violation for killing Ronald Madison, a mentally disabled man who was shot in the back with a shotgun. Bowen is also charged with a civil rights violation for kicking and stomping Madison after he had already been fatally wounded by Faulcon.
All six men are charged with the cover-up, accused of conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to investigators.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/07/us_attorney_general_to_discuss.html