Duke, David, 92
Dupree, Jennifer: on Danziger Bridge, 26–28, 36, 41; testimony of, 151
Edwards, Edwin, 92
Ehle, Davidson, III, 123, 202, 227, 231
Eighth Ward, 8
Engelhardt, Kurt D.: on Danziger Bridge, 157; dismisses jury convictions, 192–200; and jury, 161; professional life, 171–73, 229–30; reaction to dismissal of convictions, 200–204; ruling, 212; sentencing hearing, 174, 178–80
Faulcon, Anthony, 177
Faulcon, Rashad, 23
Faulcon, Robert, Jr.: arrested, 134; arrives at Crystal Palace, 23–24; career of, 12–14; charges filed against, 94–95, 130–33; on Danziger Bridge, xi, 33, 34, 36–38; early in Katrina, 22–23; in initial police report, 62; initial report on-site to Lohman, 54; lawyer’s opening statement, 145–46, 150; left NOPD, 68; listed as victim of shootings, 84; rescue operations and looting prevention, 23–25; response to bridge shooting assistance call, xv, 28; and sentencing hearing, 177, 179; testimony of, 13, 158–60; unauthorized force complaints against, 13; verdict, 162; walk to city lockup, 99
Faulcon, Robert, Sr., 177
Fay, Shannon, 71, 72, 78, 201; investigates police report conclusions, 85–86; meets with DOJ, 118; relentlessness of, 95–96
Feldman, Martin L. C., 139, 140
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) preparation, 16
Ferguson, MO, 205–6
Find Family National Call Center, 82
Fisher, Nathan, 218; investigates police report conclusions, 85–86; Lance Madison Preliminary Hearing, 70–71, 73–76; meets with DOJ, 118; Ronald Madison body identification, 76, 77
Fleming, Paul, Jr., xiii, 145–46
Frank, Antoinette, xi, 182
Garner, Eric, 205, 208–9
Garrison, Jim, 91
Gibbens, Billy, 208
Gisevius, Robert, Jr.: abuse complaints against, 102; audiotaped statement, 67; charges filed against, 95, 130–33; on Danziger Bridge, xiii, 34, 37, 55; Hessler’s support for, 102–3; lawyer’s opening statement, 147–48; listed as victim of shootings, 84; M4 rifle of, 30, 34, 37, 67, 121, 131, 156; recorded by Lehrmann, 123–24, 156; responds to bridge shooting assistance call, 29; secret meeting, 67; sentencing of, 179; suspension of, 134; turned self in to FBI, 134; walk to city lockup, 99
Gist Sheet, 74, 222
Glass, Robert, 127
Glasser, Mike, 97–98, 106, 225
Glover, Henry, 81, 182–84, 185
Gonzales, Alberto R., 110
Goyeneche, Rafael, III, 108, 226
Gray, Freddie, 206, 209
Green, Augustine, 10–11
Groves, Kim, 107–8, 181–82
Hansen, Gerard J., 72–77, 222
Hardy, Paul “Cool,” 182
Harrell, Steven D., 190
Hawkins, Steven J., 101
Hessler, Eric, x, 100–103, 133, 147–48, 176, 187, 188
Hills, Ignatius: agrees to cooperate with DOJ, 128; audiotaped statement, 67; charges filed against, 95; on Danziger Bridge, 33; in initial police report, 62; legal representation of, 104; listed as victim of shootings, 85; plea deal, 198; post-shooting, 57; resignation and charges filed against, 128; secret meeting, 67; sentencing, 139–41; testimony of, 43–44, 155, 222; walk to city lockup, 99
Holder, Eric, 188, 189
Holmes, Jose, Jr.: at Bartholomew house, 10, 11; on Danziger Bridge, xvi, 30, 33, 34–35, 41; in hospital after shooting, 80; implicated as gunman in initial false report, 60–61; lawsuit filed on behalf of, 90; observed by Magee, 44; relocated to higher ground, 20–21; at sentencing hearing, 175–76; testimony of, 153; triage at West Jefferson Medical Center, 46–47; wounds logged, 42; wounds tended, 41
Horn, John, 194–97
Howell, Mary, 87–88, 94, 182, 224, 231
Humphrey, Lorna Madison, 78, 94, 96, 97
Hunter, Michael: agrees to cooperate with DOJ, 125–26; audiotaped statement, 67; charges filed against, 95; and cover-up of shooting, 57, 67; on Danziger Bridge, 32, 34, 35, 37–39, 43; judge doubts credibility of, 198; listed as victim of shootings, 84; pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, 128; response to bridge shooting assistance call, xv, xvi, 28–29, 30; secret meeting, 67; sentencing, 137–39; suspensions, xi; testimony of, 35, 43, 155, 157
Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared (report), 16, 17
Industrial Canal, 15
“Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department” (DOJ report), 184–87
Jackson, Stacey, 201, 202
Johnson, Morrell: apprehended at scene, 40–41; and Little Leonard, 79; Lance Madison’s testimony and, 152; testimony of, 151
Johnson, Sherrel, 7–8, 209, 217; JJ’s fate unknown to, 81–82; learns of JJ’s death, 82–83; at new trial hearing, 207; at sentencing hearing, 175; separated from JJ before Katrina, 19–20; and vacated jury convictions, 200; and verdicts, 161–62
Jordan, Eddie (DA), 166; about, 92–93; bond ruling, 105–6; and Robocop prosecution, 107
Katrina, Hurricane, ix–x; landfall and damage of, 15–17
Kaufman, Arthur (“Archie”), 53; and Celestine death report, 81; and cover-up of shootings, 55–56, 57–67; discrepant reports discovered by DOJ, 122; DOJ team interviews, 118–20; federal charges against, 131, 132; freed while awaiting retrial, 201; initial report filed, 58–60; invents witnesses, 64–65; and Jennifer Dupree, 151; Madison’s Preliminary Hearing, 72–75; plants gun in evidence, 56, 66, 123; reports written and filed, 58–63, 84; retirement of, 141–42
Kim Ahn restaurant killings, xi
Landrieu, Mitch, 188, 189
Landrum-Johnson, Keva, 114
Larson, Lindsay, III, 150
“Law and Disorder” (PBS Frontline report), 185
lawsuits filed: by Bartholomew family, 90–91; by Jose Holmes Jr., 90; by Madison family, 87–88
Lehrmann, Jeffrey: cooperates with DOJ investigation, 123–24; first interviewed by DOJ, 121–22; judge blasts plea deal of, 198–99; and Kaufman cover-up, 56, 60, 61, 64; pleads guilty to failing to report cover-up, 128; and possible future retrial, 202; recorded conversation with Gisevius, 123–24, 156; sentencing, 135–37; testimony of, 154–55, 221
Letten, Jim, 114, 133, 162, 188, 195
Livaccari, Claire, 104
Livaccari, Donovan, 104
Lohman, Michael: cooperates with DOJ investigation, 124–25; at Danziger Bridge scene, xvi, 52–56; and Kaufman, 120; keeps copies of initial report drafts, 63, 124–25; leak about pending plea deal, 193, 194; plea bargain, 128, 178; and possible future retrial, 202; and post-shooting meetings, 57; re-writes Kaufman’s report, 62–63; testimony of, 55, 153, 221
Louisiana Transportation Department, 16
Lower Ninth Ward, 15–16
Madison, Fuki (Tanaka), 2, 3, 4, 6
Madison, James, 2, 3
Madison, Lance: apprehended by NOPD, 39–40; career of, 4, 6; charges against, 65; on Danziger Bridge, 30–31, 34, 36–38, 39; decides to remain with brother in New Orleans, xiv, 6; escapes to Romell’s office, 17–19; exonerated of charges, 95; flees Danziger Bridge scene, 39; at Hunt Correctional Center, 71; pays Winn-Dixie for food, 86–87; Preliminary Hearing, 72–77; at sentencing hearing, 174–75; testimony of, 31, 151–53; and verdicts, 162, 163–64; weapon planted in evidence, 66
Madison, Loretta, 2
Madison, Lorna, 4
Madison, Raymond, 3
Madison, Romell James, 94; about, 2, 4–5; finds out about Lance and Ronald, 69; presses for answers, 78–79; pushes for federal civil rights investigation, 106–7; on Ronald, 3; urges suspension of police officers, 96
Madison, Ronald: attitude and outlook of, 3–5; autopsy report, 77; birth and early life of, 2–3; body identification, 76, 77; body photographed by Rickman, 45; body’s disposition, 42, 45, 69; cared for family dogs, 3, 5–6; on Danziger Bridge, xvi, 30–31, 34, 36–38; escapes to Romell’s office, 17–19; false actions attributed to, 61; funeral service, 77–78; identification of body of, 42–43; observed by Magee,
44; refuses to evacuate New Orleans, xiv, 5–6; stomped on by Bowen, 38–39; wounds and death logged, 42; wrongly identified as gunman, 63
Madison, Teddy, 2
Madison family: defense investigation, 71–77; family dogs, 3, 5–6, 18; home life and neighborhood, 2–5; lawsuit filed on behalf of, 87–90; at new trial hearing, 207; presses for answers, 78–79; at sentencing hearings, 140–41; sheltered from Katrina, 69
Madison v. City of New Orleans, et al., 87–90
Magee, Taj, 44–45, 53, 151
Mann, Jan, 194, 195, 207
McCabe, Travis, 183
McRae, Greg, 183
Meche, Timothy, 149–50, 154, 216
Metropolitan Crime Commission, 108
Mitchell, John, 21–22
Morgan, Susie, 189, 230
Morial, Ernest “Dutch,” 106
Morial, Marc, 184; on convicting police officers, 208; police reform efforts of, 88–89, 102, 106–9; pushes for federal intervention in case, 109–11; reaction to retrial order, 202
Mosby, Marilyn J., 209
Myers, Townsend, 126
NAACP (New Orleans Chapter), 111
Nagin, Ray: election of, xii, 108; motion for delayed sentencing, 200–201, 202; and NOPD, xii–xiii, 88–89, 109; orders evacuation of New Orleans, 5; in prison, 109
National Dental Association, 110–11
NBC News affiliate video, 86, 121
New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness, 49
New Orleans Police Department: After Action Reports detail failures, 48–50; blue code, 109; body cameras, 190; consent decree with DOJ to improve practices, 187–90; corruption of, xi–xii, 107–8; history of police abuse, xi–xiii, 181–84; “Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department” (DOJ report), 184–87; leadership of, 88–89; Nagin and, xii–xiii, 88–89, 109; Office of the Independent Police Monitor established, 184; Perricone’s watchdog commentary on, 167–70; Police-Civilian Review Task Force report, 184; Public Integrity Bureau, 163; racial profiling, xi–xii, 186–87; reform failures, 184; rescue operations and looting prevention, 23–25; response to Katrina, x, xiii, 22, 100–101; and verdicts in Danziger case, 163
New Orleans Times-Picayune: coverage of trials, 113, 122–23; online comments, 166–70, 194, 203–4, 207–8
NOLA.com online commentaries, 166–70, 194, 203–4, 207–8
North Charleston, SC, 205
Obama, Barack, 206
Office of the Independent Police Monitor, 184
Orleans Parish district attorney’s office, 91–93
Orleans Parish Prison, 189
Paisant, Donald J., 49
Parker, Julian, 112
Paxton, Marchant, 14, 23
Pennington, Richard, 88–89, 106, 108, 189
Perez, Thomas E., 189
Perricone, Sal, 167–70, 189, 193, 194, 207, 229
Police Association of New Orleans (PANO), 97–99, 102
police killings, justice for, 208–9
police reports: After Action Reports detail failures, 48–50; disputed conclusions, 85–86; final report, 84–85; Kaufman’s initial report, 58–60; Kaufman’s second report, 62; Kaufman’s third report, 63; Lohman copies all, 62–63; Lohman re-writes Kaufman’s second report, 62–63
Pratt, Renee Gill, 201, 202
Rickman, Robert: interviewed by DOJ, 121; photographs scene, 39, 45; testimony of, 151
Riehlmann, Michael, 104
Riley, Warren, 97, 134, 167, 168
Robocop (Len Davis), xi, 92, 107–8
Ryder, Marion David: confirmed as fraud, 120; Kaufman’s testimony regarding, 73–74; listed as victim of shootings, 84; pleads guilty to lying to FBI, 128; police record of, 86; in police report, 66
Safe Streets/Strong Communities, 111
Schulberg, Robin E., 176, 230
Scineaux, Stacey, 12, 218
Scott, Sylvester, 29
Scott, Walter L., 205, 206, 209
Serpas, Ronal W., 163, 189–90, 231
Shorty, Edwin M., Jr., 90, 162, 175, 203, 208, 224
Signal 26 online message board, 97–98
Simon, David, 206
Slager, Michael T., 205, 209
Smith, Lakeisha (actual), 157–58
Smith, Lakeisha (invented witness), 64–65, 86, 119, 121, 132
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 111
Staten Island, NY, 205
State of Louisiana v. Kenneth Bowen et al., 104–14
Superdome rumors, 89, 103, 109, 147–48
Thomas, Kevin, 21–22, 25, 177
Thompson, Craig R., 46–47, 220
Treme, 203
USA v. Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso, Kaufman and Dugue: Bernstein’s closing statement, 161; Bernstein’s opening statement, 143–44; case and charges filed, 130–33; defense attorney’s closing statements, 160–61; defense attorney’s opening statements, 145–50; defense motion for new trial, 173, 193–94; defense witnesses and testimony, 157–61; DeSalvo’s closing statement, 160–61; DeSalvo’s opening statement, 147; dismissal and new trial motions, 170, 173; Engelhardt dismisses jury convictions, 192–200; exhibits, 144–45; Fleming’s opening statement, 145–46; guilty plea deals, 128–29, 135–40, 178–79, 197–99; Hessler’s opening statement, 147–48; jury visited Danziger Bridge scene, 157; Meche’s opening statement, 149–50; new trial/reinstatement of verdicts hearing, 207–8; NOLA.com commentaries on, 166–70; prosecution witnesses and testimony, 150–57; sentencing hearing, 174–80; verdicts, 161–64; weapons testimony, 148, 156
US Department of Justice: announces investigation into case, 114; Baltimore investigation announced, 209; Barrios agrees to cooperate with, 126–27; consent decree to improve NOPD practices, 187–90; finds witnesses, 121; guilty plea deals, 128–29, 178–79; Hills agrees to cooperate with, 128; Hunter agrees to cooperate with, 125–26; independence from corruption of, 118; interviews Dugue, 120; interviews Kaufman, 118–20; interviews Lehrmann, 121–22; investigation into Danziger shootings, 117–29; investigation into NOPD practices, 181, 184–87; Lehrmann cooperates with, 123–24; Lohman cooperates with, 124–25; Morial pushes for involvement of, 110–11; and multiple police reports, 122; and New Orleans Police Department, 108–9; and online comments scandal, 193–97
Vance, Sarah S., 138–39
Victim Identification Center, 82
Villavaso, Anthony, II: audiotaped statement, 67; charges filed against, 94–95, 130–33; on Danziger Bridge, 28, 33; in initial police report, 62; lawyer’s opening statement, 149–50; listed as victim of shootings, 85; recorded by Barrios, 127; responds to bridge shooting assistance call, xv; secret meeting, 67; suspension of, 134; turned self in to FBI, 134; walk to city lockup, 99
Vitter, David, 172
Warren, David, 182–83
Washington Post editorial, 203–4
West Jefferson Medical Center, 46–47
Whittaker, Bruce, 104
Wilson, Kenneth Kurry, 117
Winn, Jeffrey J., 48
witnesses, phony, 64–65, 86, 119, 121, 132
Woodfork, Barbara Madison, 2, 78
Youngman, James (invented witness), 64–65, 86, 119, 121, 132
James “JJ” Brissette's school picture. At seventeen, JJ was shot and killed by officers of the New Orleans Police Department.
JJ, age nine, at the wedding of his older sister, Andrea Celestine.
Ronald Madison and one of his dachshunds. While the rest of his family evacuated before Katrina struck New Orleans, Ronald and his brother Lance stayed behind to care for Ronald's beloved pets, Bobbi and Sushi.
Ronald Madison at home. Ronald was killed by NOPD officers while crossing the Danziger Bridge between his brother's dental office and his mother's house.
On Sunday, September 4, 2005, Lance Madison was detained by police, including NOPD officers Michael Hunter (center), with backpack, and Robert Faulcon Jr. (right), with “New Orleans Police” printed on the back of his shirt. In the middle-left foreground, in a black T-shirt, is Sgt. Robert
Gisevius Jr.
Lance Madison in 2006, after state charges were filed against NOPD officers in the shootings.
Jose Holmes, then nineteen, survived being shot four times by police on the Danziger Bridge. Holmes was later accused of the attempted murder of seven NOPD officers.
Sherrel Johnson, mother of JJ Brissette, hugs Lance Madison after former NOPD officer Michael Hunter pled guilty in connection with a police cover-up.
Susan Bartholomew, who lost her arm after being shot by NOPD officers, listens as prosecutors speak outside federal court after sentences were handed down in the case, April 4, 2012.
Fuki Madison (right), mother of Ronald Madison, and attorney Mary Howell also listen as prosecutors speak, April 4, 2012.
Sgt. Robert Gisevius Jr. (foreground), along with six other NOPD officers, turns himself in at the city jail in New Orleans, January 2, 2007.
Officer Michael Hunter Jr., swarmed by supporters, January 2, 2007.
Officer Anthony Villavaso, January 2, 2007.
Officer Robert Barrios, January 2, 2007.
Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, January 2, 2007.
Officer Ignatius Hills, January 2, 2007.
Former NOPD officer Robert Faulcon leaves the city jail in New Orleans, January 5, 2007.
Retired NOPD sergeant Arthur Kaufman (right) enters federal court for the start of jury selection for his trial in New Orleans.
Barbara “Bobbi” Bernstein, lead prosecutor for the US Justice Department, and FBI Special Agent William Bezak, lead investigator in the Danziger case, enter federal court, July 11, 2011.
Demonstrators in Seattle, April 14, 2015, carry a banner that reads “Stop Murder By Police” as they protest the recent murders of black people by police officers. The banner includes photos of JJ Brissette (top row, fourth from left) and Ronald Madison (bottom row, third from left).
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