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The Danziger Bridge shootings were police shootings that took place on September 4, 2005, at the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana. Six days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, members of the New Orleans Police Department killed two civilians: 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison. Four other civilians were wounded. All of the victims were African-American. None were armed or had committed any crime. Madison, a mentally disabled man, was shot in the back. New Orleans police fabricated a cover-up story for their crime, falsely reporting that seven police officers responded to a police dispatch reporting an officer down, and that at least four people were firing weapons at the officers upon their arrival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bill of information for conspiring to obstruct justice )〕 Rev. Raymond Brown, the local head of the National Action Network, described the shootings as "...a racial tragedy."〔Harris, Paul. "Relatives Demand Justice as Police Go on Trial over Katrina Killings." The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited, 3 Mar. 2007. Web. 17 Aug. 2015. On August 5, 2011, a federal jury in New Orleans convicted five police officers of myriad charges related to the cover-up and deprivation of civil rights. An attorney for the Justice Department described it as "the most significant police misconduct prosecution (the U.S. ) since the Rodney King beating case". The convictions were vacated on September 17, 2013, however, because of prosecutorial misconduct, and a new trial was ordered. The Justice Department appealed the decision to vacate the convictions,〔Grimm, Andy. (Appealing New Trial in Danziger Bridge Shootings, Government Has Rough Outing ). The Times-Picayune, 29 Apr. 2015.>〕 but a federal appeals court agreed that a new trial was warranted.〔Grimm, Andy. (5 NOPD officers will get new trial in Danziger Bridge case, appeals court rules ). The Times-Picayune, 19 August 2015.〕 ==Shooting incident== On September 4, 2005, several New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers including Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, Sgt. Robert Gisevius, Officer Anthony Villavaso, and Officer Robert Faulcon — none of whom were in uniform — arrived at Danziger Bridge in a Budget rental truck. A witness, Kasimir Gaston, described the men as lining up 'like at a firing range'.〔 Armed with assault weapons including AK-47s, at least one of which was unauthorized, and an M4 carbine assault rifle, the men opened fire without warning on a family, the Bartholomews, who had been walking to a grocery store and were then sheltering behind a concrete barrier.〔 In the first part of the incident, 17-year-old James Brissette — a family friend — was killed, and four other civilians were wounded. Susan Bartholemew's arm was partially shot off and it later had to be amputated. Her husband, Leonard, was shot in the back, head and foot. The Bartholomews' teenage daughter Lesha was shot four times.〔 Jose Holmes Jr., a friend of Brissette's, was shot in the abdomen, the hand and the jaw.〔Lewis, Edward W. "Ex-cops in Danziger Case Are Denied Bond." The Louisiana Weekly. N.p., 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 18 Aug. 2015. Two brothers, Ronald and Lance Madison, fled the scene, but were pursued down the bridge by Gisevius and Faulcon in an unmarked state police vehicle. Faulcon fired his shotgun from the back of the car at Ronald, a developmentally disabled man who would later die from his injuries.〔 The autopsy found that Ronald Madison sustained seven gunshot wounds, five of them in his back.〔Trainor, James, and Michael M. Baden. Re-Autopsy Report: Ronald Madison. Rep. N.p.: n.p., n.d. ProPublica. 29 June 2006. Web. 18 Aug. 2015. No weapons were recovered at the scene, and both police and civilian witnesses testified that the victims had been unarmed.〔 Later investigation showed that some shots had been fired in the area by trapped residents attempting to attract the attention of rescuers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danziger Bridge shootings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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