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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the devastating losses and the inept government response, dominated the news cycle for a few months. But New Orleans residents' struggle to return home never stopped. Writer Daniel Wolff's new book follows several Crescent City characters as they rebuild after the disaster.
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A federal judge imposes lengthy sentences on four former New Orleans police officers for their roles in shooting unarmed civilians in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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In the Danziger Bridge case, 10 police officers gunned down civilians in the days after Katrina, then concocted an elaborate cover-up. This month's guilty verdicts give momentum to a larger effort by the federal government to reform the city's police department from top to bottom.
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The jury found the police officers guilty of civil rights violations in connection with the shooting deaths of two men during the chaotic aftermath of Katrina. They jury did not agree that their actions amounted to murder.
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The most explosive police corruption trial in the modern history of New Orleans will begin on Wednesday. Five police officers are on trial for allegedly gunning down two unarmed civilians and gravely wounding four others in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, then concocting a cover-up story.