FRONTLINE | Preview "Law & Disorder" | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/law-disorder/ FRONTLINE investigates several questionable shootings by police in the days following Hurricane Katrina, raising new questions about the actions of some officers -- and their command structure -- during the aftermath of the storm.
Watch "Law & Disorder" on PBS Aug. 25.

Behind the enduring images of heroic rescues undertaken by the New Orleans Police Department in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there is another story of law enforcement in crisis, even out of control.

Law & Disorder, a year-long, ongoing collaboration among FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune, investigates charges that NOPD officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens and then tried to cover up their actions.

Airing days before the fifth anniversary of one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history and drawing from reports published in a real-time online investigation, FRONTLINE takes a fresh look at how the NOPD performed when the rules of civilized society collapsed.

Watch on air and online beginning Wednesday, August 25 at 9 pm ET on PBS Check local listings: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/pbsv.html

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• New Orleans
• Hurricane Katrina
• NOPD
• NOLA
• ProPublica
• Times-Picayune
• FRONTLINE
• PBS
• New Orleans Police
• Law & Disorder

[bertmarx]

happens everyday in poor communities...

[JixYt]

Ah, so death squads don't just happen in SouthAmerican & CentralAmerican countries, do they? They happen in NorthAmerican countries as well. The freedom Amerikans think they have is such an illusion. They're just a bunch of sheep herded by a few wolves w/coercion, threats & guns. What's funny is that Amerika propagandizes to its sheeple & the rest of the world that IT is the bastion of freedom & democracy & puts down other countries even though it really is no better in honoring people's rights.