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SEVEN police officers involved in a fatal gun battle in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina face charges over the shootings.
The officers were yesterday charged with murder or attempted murder over the deaths of two men and the wounding of four other people on the city's Danziger Bridge on 4 September, 2005. One victim was a mentally disabled man, Ronald Madison, who was shot seven times - five times in the back, the coroner said.
Police lawyers maintain their clients are innocent.
The indictments further scar the reputation of the city's police departme...
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