The Mayor should take full responsibility for the misconduct and incompetency of his subordinates just like Pres. Bush was blamed and took full responsibility for the gross negligence and incompetency of his subordinates (federal and state) in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster.
The alleged victim should sue the Mayor not the police officers.
There's pics and more on the story at the link given with the article.
Mayor Ray Nagin said, “I don’t know what the gentleman did, but whatever he did, he didn’t deserve what I saw on tape.”