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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Six New Orleans Police Officers Indicted in Danziger Bridge Case WASHINGTON –Six officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) were charged today  in connection with the federal investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today.   The incident resulted in the death of two civilians and the wounding of four others.   The indictment charges four officers – Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Robert Faulcon and Anthony Villavaso – in connection with the shootings, and charges those four officers and two supervisors – Arthur “Archie” Kaufman and Gerard Dugue – with helping to obstruct justice during the subsequent investigations. The indictment alleges that officers Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon and Villavaso open fired on an unarmed family on the east side of the bridge, killing  17-year- old James Brissette,  and wounding Susan Bartholomew, 38; Leona

Johannes Mehserle: Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter (Left) Johannes Mehserle; (right) the scene at the Fruitvale BART station where Oscar Grant was shot by former BART police officer, Mehserle, on New Year's Day 2009. Mehserle testified that he mistakenly pulled out his pistol instead of a stun gun when he shot and killed an unarmed black man who was lying face down on an Oakland train platform.(AP Photo/ Los Angeles County Superior Court) A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict: BART cop Johannes Mehserle is guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was convicted of killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009. Involuntary manslaughter comes with a 2 - 4 year prison sentence. Update 4:20:  Sentencing will be handed down on August 6. Outside the LA County Courthouse, a member of the  LA Coalition for Justice  is giving an angry speech. Among other things, he is calling the verdict a cover up. Update 4:35:  Attorney for Oscar Grant's family says the family is