[MayfairFly]

I was in N.O. 6 days after Katrina and witnessed a city paralyzed with fear, many openly armed citizens, and distrust of anyone approaching you that you didn't know. There was total anarchy.

I'm not arguing about the victims' innocence, or the cops criminal behavior. Unarmed people should never, ever be shot. My contention is that this was the result of mass hysteria on the part of all people and authorities. It's not plausible that a dozen random cops conspired to murder innocent citizens that they didn't know. What possible motive would the cops' have in killing these people? What is plausible and logical is that they panicked and were too quick to shoot. After realizing their horrible mistake, they attempted a coverup. There is no evidence that these cops went to the bridge with the intention of shooting and killing innocent people. Therefore, what we have is gross, criminal-negligence and a criminal-coverup. No premeditation or original intent to kill innocents is demonstrated or even suggested in any press article. I'm not comfortable condemning people to death for screw-ups - no matter how great. If you are, so be it.

[KingNo155]

Their attempt to cover their mistakes makes them worthy of the death penalty, once they broke the law to cover up their fear and or mistakes makes it murder, they shot those people in cold blood and hid the facts and evidence that's MURDER. They weren’t too confused, scared or mistaken when it came time to make a cover story.

[B4Ranch]

The crime was that a dozen random cops conspired to COVERUP the murder of innocent citizens by police officers!

[B4Ranch]

I think the part that you are forgetting is that these are SWORN LEO’s. That’s what gave them the power to cover up their crimes. They committed perjury when they filed their formal reports. They deserve the harshest penalties in the book.

I used to look up to sworn officers. Not any more. Those days are gone because of the lower standards that cities are using to hire LEO’s.