Danziger Bridge

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5 Former New Orleans Police Officers Plead Guilty Over Danziger Bridge Killings

4:45pm April 20, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Their previous sentences had carried a collective weight of more than 200 years in prison. The new plea deal reduces that to less than 45 years in total.

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'Shots On The Bridge' Unpacks A Tangled Story Of Deceit And Tragedy

2:55pm August 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Ronnie Greene's new book explores a case dating back to the days after Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans police officers shot six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in East New Orleans.

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