Witness: New Orleans cops shot man in back as he ran away

Ronald Madison In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in addition to the death count associated with the flooding, there were other killings that went on. Some were due to personal/neighborhood beefs that boiled over. Others were at the hands of military contractors and law enforcement. It seems that Ronald Madison may have been a victim of the latter.

Madison, a 40-year-old, metally-retarded man, was on New Orleans’ Danziger Bridge on September 4, 2005 . It seems that there was some encounter with police and Madison was shot and killed. According to police, they say that he was reaching in his waistband and turned on them when he was shot.However, an eyewitness has come forward with a different account. Kasmir Gaston had taken refuge in a nearby motel. At the time the incident was happening, he was on the balcony outside his room observing what was going on. According to Gaston, Madison was running away from police with his hands up in the air when he was shot in the back.

Currently, the there is a police investigation and a grand jury probe into what happened.

Personally, I hold out no hope for justice if the police are investigating themselves.

I see us, once again, sitting on top of a powder keg in terms of police/black community relations. When you add this to the recent incidents in New York and Atlanta, we are seeing a that there are folks dying highly suspicious and totally unwarranted deaths. I am afraid that, too soon, this will once again boil over.

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black…MYstory » New Orleans Police Officers Face Murder Chargers , on the 29 of December, 2006 at 9:47 am said:
[...] A little while back, I posted a story on the eyewitness account of the death of Ronald Madison. Madison, a 40-year-old mentally handicapped man, was shot in the back by police officers on the Danziger Bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The eyewitness in question says he saw Madison running with his hands in the air when he was shot in the back. All told, 6 people were shot by police on the bridge that day. In addition to Madison, James Brissette, was was killed by police near the base of the bridge. [...]

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black…MYstory » New Orleans Police Officers Face Murder Chargers , on the 29 of December, 2006 at 9:47 am said:

[...] A little while back, I posted a story on the eyewitness account of the death of Ronald Madison. Madison, a 40-year-old mentally handicapped man, was shot in the back by police officers on the Danziger Bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The eyewitness in question says he saw Madison running with his hands in the air when he was shot in the back. All told, 6 people were shot by police on the bridge that day. In addition to Madison, James Brissette, was was killed by police near the base of the bridge. [...]