March 30, 2010 17:20

Third Officer Charged in Danziger Conspiracy

Today, Officer Michael Hunter was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and concealing knowledge of a federal crime -- making him the third NOPD officer charged in the Danziger Bridge case.

Among the details in the court filing -- that Hunter, who was one of the officers who responded to the original reports of shots fired on the bridge, and other officers held a previously undisclosed secret meeting during which they concocted their story about what happened on the bridge that day.

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