Seventeen-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, a mentally disabled man, died in the Sept. 4, 2005, bridge shootings. Lance Madison, Ronald's brother, was on the bridge that day and was initially arrested after being falsely accused of shooting at officers.
Date: Dec 19, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Mayor: New Orleans settles police shooting suits for $13.3M
Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, a mentally disabled man, died in the Sept. 4, 2005, bridge shootings. Lance Madison, Ronalds brother, was on the bridge that day and was initially arrested after being falsely accused of shooting at officers.
Date: Dec 19, 2016
Category: U.S.
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'Finally over': Last Danziger defendant pleads guilty for probation
Madison's mentally disabled brother Ronald Madison, 40, was among two civilians killed Sept. 4, 2005. Also killed was17-year-old son James Brissette. Four others were injured in the shootings. One woman's armed was amputated as a result of her injuries.
Date: Nov 04, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Plea may end case dealing with post-Katrina police violence
Police were answering a call about shots fired at the Danziger bridge as a group was crossing, seeking a safe haven. Six unarmed people were hit. Killed were Ronald Madison, 40, who was mentally disabled, and 17-year-old James Brissette.
Date: Nov 04, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Guilty pleas are bittersweet end to Danziger Bridge massacre
Those same officers stood and admitted Wednesday that just like Jordan wrote in his December 2006 statement they were without justification when they killed 40-year-old Ronald Madison and 17-year-old James Brissette.None of Ronald Madison's relatives chose to speak at Wednesday's court hearing. Neither did Brissette's mother, Sherrell Johnson. Nobody spoke on behalf of Susan Bartholomew whose right arm was blown off by the police on Sept. 4, 2005. Nobody spoke on behalf of any of the pedestrians who were harm
Date: Apr 21, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Former New Orleans officers plead guilty for Danziger Bride shootings
ulcon and Anthony Villavaso shot at an unarmed family on the east side of the bridge on Sept. 4, 2005, killing 17-year-old James Brissette and injuring four others. Minutes later, the officers shot and killed Ronald Madison while firing at him and his brother, Lance, according to prosecutors.
Date: Apr 20, 2016
Category: U.S.
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5 ex-cops plead guilty in deadly post-Katrina bridge shootings
On Sept. 4 2005, days after the levees failed and water swamped the city, police gunned down 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, who were both unarmed, and wounded four others on the Danziger Bridge. To cover it up, the officers planted a gun, fabricated witnesses and falsifi
Date: Apr 20, 2016
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A decade later, cops plead guilty in Katrina bridge shooting
Family members of the defendants and the victims stayed quiet throughout the hearing, under warnings from the judge against emotional outbursts. One woman dabbed her eyes as Engelhardt, addressing the pain caused by the shooting, referenced Ronald Madisons disabilities.