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April 5, 2012

New Orleans Police Sentenced for Post-Katrina Shootings, Cover-Up 
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Four former New Orleans police officers convicted of shooting unarmed
people following Hurricane Katrina were sentenced to prison on Wednesday
in what the U.S. government described as the most important police
misconduct case since the Rodney King beating nearly two decades ago.
The officers — Kenneth Bowen, Robert Faulcon, Robert Gisevius and
Anthony Villavaso — were sentenced by a federal judge to between
38 and 65 years in prison. A fifth former officer — Arthur Kaufman
— was sentenced to six years. Kaufman did not participate in the
killings, but engineered a four-year cover-up of the crimes.



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