Posted on 03/29/2006 2:28:24 PM PST by SmithL
New Orleans -- Two fired New Orleans police officers and one current officer were indicted Wednesday in the videotaped beating of a retired teacher in the French Quarter last fall.
The Oct. 8 beating of Robert Davis, 64, was caught on video by an Associated Press Television News crew covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The three officers were charged with battery and other offenses.
Davis spent more than an hour testifying about the beating, which left him lying on the street, hands cuffed and blood flowing from his head and face. Afterward, he told reporters that he still has headaches and back problems and even had to interrupt his testimony to take medicine.
The retired elementary school teacher said he was "a private citizen here on business returning to my home. There was no need for what happened."
Davis said he had returned to the storm-struck city to check on his property and was looking for a place to buy cigarettes in the French Quarter when police grabbed him.
The videotape shows an officer hitting Davis at least four times on the head. Davis twisted and flailed as he was dragged to the ground by four officers. One officer kneed Davis and punched him twice.
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The cops will get off, though. Watch and see.
Yet, the 2 looting N.O. Cops get nothing. How nice to see SOME cops brought to justice for breaking the law.
yep. i watched the video several times trying to see what had caused the cops to react the way they did. i saw nothing. i also remember the cop on horseback trying so hard to block the camera. that was sort of a tip off there that what was going on wasn't on the up and up.
About time. Davis took a heck of a beating for being a smoker.
That's true. I was speaking more of "these guys were indicted, but the looters were not".
Best chance for conviction would be the Feds if they follow through. IMO
Boy, that brings back a lot of old memories
They need to get the FBI man too.
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