Posted on 05/22/2006 6:36:20 PM PDT by Ellesu
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Autopsy results obtained by CNN show a retarded man was shot in the back when he was killed by New Orleans police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This contradicts testimony by a police sergeant that the victim had turned toward officers and was reaching into his waistband when shot. "Clearly he was shot from behind," said famed New York pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who examined the body for the family's lawyer. A prosecutor said the case will go before a grand jury soon and acknowledged the investigation includes the possibility of police wrong-doing. Ronald Madison, 40, was mentally retarded and lived at home with his mother. He had no criminal record. He was shot when police responded to a report of gunfire on a bridge over the flooded Industrial Canal on Sunday, September 4, six days after Katrina hit New Orleans last year.
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Why in the world would anyone want to be on the NOPD.
ML/NJ
Ray Nagin was shot?
How awful!
New Orleans is a corrupt cesspool. I'm not surprised by any stories coming out of the town.
Equivalent title = "New Orleans police shoot Democrat in back"
Tom Hanks?
ping
At least he can still vote.
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