re: #17 Aunty Entity Dragon

Aaaaand in news that really sucks…

The New Orleans officers who had been convicted of murder for the Danziger bridge shootings during Katrina (see wikipedia for the rundown…cops opened fire with assault rifles on an unarmed family walking to the store) have been resentenced today after their court ordered retrial and subsequent plea bargain.

For murdering two men (shooting one in the back as he lay motionless on the ground), shooting several other people including two women (the mother had her arm amputated, the daughter was shot 4 times) and engaging in a top to bottom conspiracy to cover up the murder as well as arrest one of the victims (!) the final judgement of justice is:

3 to 12 years for all five of the criminals.

Blue lives matter. Black lives….not so much.

It wouldn’t have been needed if the previous prosecution team hadn’t gone so far outside the law and judicial ethics to convict those assholes the first time. They got a favorable plea deal because the current prosecutors couldn’t be sure the jury would convict after hearing about their predecessors’ shenanigans.

Moral of the Story: Taking shortcuts as a prosecutor means the risk of dirtbags getting away with murder. Those charges with arguing for the State in court must act honestly.