It ain't murder when you kill black men in New Orleans.
A federal jury convicted five current or former police officers Friday of civil rights violations in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, but decided they were not guilty of murder.
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All five officers were convicted Friday of charges stemming from the cover-up of the shootings. The four who had been charged with civil rights violations in the shootings were convicted on all counts.
However, the jury decided that neither fatal shooting was a murder.
Jury convicts 5 officers in Katrina shootings
This is a fucking travesty.
Prosecutors said police shot six unarmed people, killing two, on the Danziger Bridge less than a week after the 2005 storm. Officers also were charged with participating in a cover-up to make the shootings appear justified.
The mother of 17-year-old James Brissette, one of the people killed on the bridge, said she was relieved by the verdict after "a long, hard six years." But she was puzzled that the jury could conclude her son wasn't murdered.
"How are you able to empty a shotgun in the person and it's not murder?" Sherrel Johnson said.
Jury convicts 5 officers in Katrina shootings
God damn you New Orleans. American justice is no justice at all.
They killed and got off. The most evil form of racism was rewarded.
The Fire Next Time is closer than they think.
The title comes from the old Negro spiritual "Mary Don't You Weep" and the line, "God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water the fire next time."