Murder and attempted murder charges against seven New Orleans police officers, accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina, were tossed out by Criminal District Court Judge Raymond Bigelow as the result of an Orleans Parish Prosecutor tainted the secrecy of the grand jury by showing testimony to another officer. The Judge also concluded that the Prosecutor gave immunity improperly to other officers who gave testimony to the grand jury. The shootings on September 4, 2005 left two men dead and four other people severely wounded. In separate civil lawsuits, survivors of the shootings claim that officers ambushed the civilians on the bridge and began shooting.
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