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December 20, 2016

New Orleans Settles High-Profile Police Brutality Cases for $13.3 Million
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And back in the United States, in New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu has
announced the city has reached a $13.3 million settlement over three
police brutality cases from the weeks before and after Hurricane
Katrina. One of the cases involves the death of 40-year-old Ronald
Madison, who was shot and killed on September 4, 2005, when a group of
New Orleans police officers opened fire with AK-47s on families crossing
the Danziger Bridge in search of food following Hurricane Katrina.
Police later tried to cover up the case. Another case involved the death
of 48-year-old Raymond Robair, who was beaten to death by a police
officer one month before the hurricane. The families have been seeking
justice in these cases for 11 years.


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