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Two unarmed residents were killed and four others wounded in the incident on the Danziger Bridge. Prosecutors say the officers decided to "shoot first and ask questions later" and then tried to cover up the crimes. Defence lawyers say their clients feared for their lives and were justified in using deadly force. Most of New Orleans was flooded by the hurricane and there was widespread looting and violence in the storm's aftermath. Prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein said police plotted to plant a gun, fabricate witnesses and falsify reports to cover up what they had done. A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. a high-profile victory for the Justice Department in its push to clean up the city's troubled police department. The case was a high-stakes test of the effort to rid the police department of corruption and brutality. A total of 20 current or former New Orleans...