A New Orleans police officer was suspended Monday without pay after he posted remarks online about slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
Sanford's acting police chief asks citizens to trust the legal system as they investigate the Trayvon Martin shooting.
New Orleans police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting of a Good Samaritan who died in front of his two sons while trying to stop a carjacking.
The FBI has joined New Orleans investigators in their hunt for a carjacker who shot a good Samaritan who died in front of his young sons, police said Thursday.
A 44-year-old New Orleans man died in front of his two sons Wednesday after he responded to a woman's screams and was shot by an apparent carjacker, according to police and family members.
Authorities briefly evacuated the New Orleans police headquarters after officers realized a car they had towed had live grenades in it, a spokesman said.
Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured Thursday in a 40-car pileup that shut down Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans, authorities said.
Two people were killed and more than 50 were injured Thursday in a 40-car pileup that shut down Interstate 10 near New Orleans.
Two people died and 13 others were injured in four separate shootings in New Orleans early Tuesday, including one on Bourbon Street where costumed revelers were celebrating Halloween.
New Orleans police officers were found guilty of civil rights violations in shootings following Hurricane Katrina.
According to a police report, the actor allegedly dropped his son at the time of his New Orleans arrest
The actor, charged with domestic abuse and disturbing the peace, was taken into custody early Saturday
Two New Orleans police officers were convicted Wednesday in federal court in a 2005 beating death and cover-up after initially telling investigators the victim was suffering from a drug overdose.
A federal investigation of the Seattle Police Department for possible excessive use of force and discriminatory policing was launched Thursday, Justice Department officials announced.
Two New Orleans police officers convicted last year in the killing of a man during the chaos following Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Thursday in federal court.
A federal investigation found that the New Orleans Police Department has engaged in patterns of misconduct in violation of the Constitution and federal law, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The Justice Department plans to announce its findings Thursday following an investigation into allegations against the New Orleans Police Department.
Three current and former New Orleans, Louisiana, police officers were convicted Thursday for shooting and burning a man in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina, then later trying to cover up the crime.
A U.S. attorney says convictions of two police officers in a post-Katrina death will help move New Orleans forward.
Jury selection continues Tuesday in the trial of five current or former New Orleans police officers accused in the cover-up of the shooting and burning of a man in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina.
CNN's Don Lemon reports on business in New Orleans from Bourbon Street and beyond.
In the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, thousands were left with little protection. And as the flood waters rose, many were left to grab on to each other to survive.
Two officers in the troubled New Orleans Police Department have been indicted in connection with the beating death of a civilian in 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Four New Orleans police officers accused of killing two men after Hurricane Katrina are scheduled to appear in federal courtrooms Friday.
Federal officials announced indictments Tuesday against four police officers and two supervisors in the investigation surrounding the post-Katrina deaths of civilians on New Orleans' Danziger Bridge.
The new mayor of New Orleans has asked the Justice Department to review the city's embattled police department.
The fourth former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty this week in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.
Two gunmen remain on the loose after a shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana that left seven people wounded, authorities said.
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, a police spokesman said.
A former New Orleans police lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice in connection with the police shootings of civilians in the days after Hurricane Katrina and court documents unsealed with the plea suggest that other officers will be indicted in the case.
New Orleans police lined up "like at a firing range" and fatally shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN.
It has been called "The Greatest Free Show on Earth." The New Orleans, Louisiana, Mardi Gras is a celebration of culture, food, music and family. But for many adults, Mardi Gras conjures up images of drunken excess, exposed body parts and general unruly behavior -- all that on top of nowhere to use the bathroom.
A New Orleans police officer who was fired after the 2005 beating of an unarmed man on Bourbon Street was ordered reinstated to his job by an appeals court, the court clerk told CNN on Thursday.
A family seeks answers after a police shooting in New Orleans leaves their 22-year-old son dead. Sean Callebs reports.
As fireworks exploded over the Big Easy on New Year's Eve, 22-year-old Adolph Grimes III pulled up to his grandmother's home near the French Quarter after a five-hour drive from Houston, Texas.
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street this weekend with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort
CNN's Keith Oppenheim reports on a violent protest as New Orleans moves to demolish housing projects damaged by Katrina.
Protests against a City Council plan to tear down low-income New Orleans housing turned ugly Thursday, with police using pepper spray and stun guns to clear a crowd angry they weren't allowed into City Hall for the vote.
Robert Davis, the retired school teacher who was videotaped being beaten by New Orleans police officers in October, was in court on Wednesday.
New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley said the shooting death of a knife-wielding man this week appeared justified, saying that officers followed procedure.
Police shot and killed a 38-year-old man who had been waving a knife Monday in New Orleans, witnesses said.
Posted: 5:06 p.m. ET CNN's Jeff Koinange in New Orleans, Louisiana
Ray Davies, the lead singer with the British rock band The Kinks, is recovering after being shot in New Orleans.
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