US police in the hurricane-stricken city initially said the shooting occurred after contractors came under fire from gunmen while crossing the bridge under police escort.
Four New Orleans police officers have been charged with murder in connection with two fatal shootings in the wake of Hurricane Katrina last year.Three more officers were charged with attempted murder for the shootings, which also left four people wounded.
The incident on the Danziger Bridge, linking two mainly black, flooded neighbourhoods, came six days after the hurricane left New Orleans in chaos.
People in New Orleans and elsewhere analyzing the actions of the National Guard and the mercenaries of Blackwaters who said it was a lot like Iraq were right. I always thought they were exaggerating.
Sure puts the treatment of people of darker skin that blotchy boy wonder (aka Marlboro boy) by the Bush administration in a glaring spotlight.
Another thing I didn't know. The death toll from Katrina is almost 1700 in LA and MS.