Case Three Danny Brumfield

December 29, 2010Post-Katrina Shootings by Police: Where Things Stand
By Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica
In December 2009, ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and the Times-Picayune rolled out a series of stories on six cases of suspected police brutality in the days after Hurricane Katrina. In the year since those stories ran, investigations by the Department of Justice have probed many of the cases, resulting in indictments. But for some cases, there are still more questions than answers. (Read more »)

September 30, 20102 New Orleans Police Officers Charged With Perjury and Obstruction in Shooting Death Outside Convention Center After Hurricane Katrina
Times-Picayune
Two New Orleans police officers lied under oath about the fatal shooting of a man outside the convention center after Hurricane Katrina, according to a federal indictment filed Thursday. (Read more »)

September 6, 2010Federal Investigations of NOPD Run Up Against Statute of Limitations
By Laura Maggi, Times-Picayune
Last week marked the five-year anniversary of many incidents involving New Orleans police officers that have been under federal investigation as potential violations of civil rights, which legal experts said could mean the de facto conclusion of certain probes as prosecutors run up against statutes of limitations. (Read more »)

August 11, 2010Two NOPD Officers Are Sent "Target Letters" in Connection with Convention Center Shooting
By Brendan McCarthy, Times-Picayune
The federal government has sent letters to two New Orleans police officers informing them they are targets in an investigation into the shooting death of a man outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in the days after Hurricane Katrina, according to an attorney for one of the men and other sources close to the case. (Read more »)

February 19, 2010Post-Katrina Shootings by Police Get Federal Attention
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, Times-Picayune
Federal agents have broadened their investigation of the New Orleans Police Department and are now looking into three post-Katrina police shootings detailed in a news series published by ProPublica, The Times-Picayune and the PBS series “Frontline” in December. (Read more »)

December 14, 2009How a New Orleans Police Detective Missed a Key Clue in a Controversial Killing
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, Times-Picayune
The New Orleans Police Department's official 12-page report on the death of Danny Brumfield Sr. comes to this conclusion: The 45-year-old grandfather was to blame for his own demise. (Read more »)