July 20, 2011 10:28

Danziger Bridge Jurors Hear Secretly Taped Conversation

On Monday, prosecutors played excerpts from a three-hour conversation in which Sgt. Robert Gisevius hinted at a conspiracy to cover-up the police shootings on the Danziger Bridge and took shots at his colleagues.

"What weak link could sink the ship?" he asked aloud, while naming other officers.

The conversation, at a bar, was secretly recorded by Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former NOPD officer who was cooperating with the government and who has pleaded guilty to knowing about, but not reporting a felony. Lehrmann has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Read more about Monday's testimony from our partners at the Times-Picayune.