In New Orleans, New Evidence of a Beating by Police (3 days after Katrina)

Source: ProPublica



This photo by Marko Georgiev, a freelancer for The New York Times, was shot on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Georgiev and Times-Picayune reporter Gordon Russell pulled up on this scene at the corner of Religious and Richard streets in New Orleans. Police attempted to confiscate Georgiev's photo memory card, but took it from the wrong camera.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune has uncovered evidence that police officers physically attacked two city residents and a working photojournalist on Sept. 1, 2005, three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

The story helps explain a mysterious scene we reported about last December in a joint project with the Times-Picayune and PBS’ FRONTLINE, one of a series of reports documenting violent encounters between citizens and officers of New Orleans Police Department in the aftermath of Katrina.

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The latest news centers on a violent encounter that occurred on Religious Street, not far from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Responding to a shooting incident, officers severely beat two handcuffed men they suspected of firing at police, leaving one of the men missing numerous teeth, reports Times-Picayune city editor Gordon Russell

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It seems the officers had the wrong guys: According to Russell, the two men weren’t armed, and police didn’t have evidence to detain or jail them.

Read more: http://www.propublica.org/nola/story/in-post-katrina-new-orleans-new-evidence-of-a-beating-by-police/

I am growing so tired of hearing about police brutality and the fact nothing hardly ever is done about it!