June 21st, 2011
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Author: NEW ORLEANS — A trial opens this week for 5 current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.
Jury selection begins Wednesday in the federal case involving the killing of 2 people and wounding of 4 others on the Danziger Bridge in one of the darkest chapters in the chaos after the 2005 storm.
It’s a case that stunned a city with a long history of police corruption.
One officer is accused of shooting a mentally disabled man in the back before a sergeant stomped on him. Prosecutors say the same sergeant fired on unarmed people lying on the ground. Officers also are charged with plotting to plant a gun, fabricate witnesses and falsify reports to justify the shootings.
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Associated Press Writer Michael Kunzelman wrote this report.
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