04-04-2012, 11:42 PM
(04-04-2012, 04:09 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: During the trial, the defense asked the jury to consider the stressful circumstances the officers were operating under following Katrina. The shootings took place during a week of dire flooding, rampant looting and death by drowning, and police were strained by suicides and desertion among their ranks.
"There were many, many New Orleans police officers who performed courageous, selfless acts of heroism in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina," Perez said. "But regrettably, the acts of heroism of so many have been overshadowed by the misconduct of a few.
I pray for these officer's family. No one realizes what these guys went through with no experience, no training, no leadership in those dire days of devastation.
I don't believe they should have gotten off scott free but think they were grossly overjudged!