Five Officers Convicted in Post-Katrina Shootings

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jury-convicts-5-officers-post-katrina-shootings-170238375.html

"NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury has convicted five current or former police officers of civil rights violations in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

All five officers were convicted Friday of charges stemming from the cover-up of the shootings. The four who had been charged with civil rights violations in the shootings were convicted on all counts.

Howerver, the jury decided that neither fatal shooting was a murder.

Prosecutors said police shot six unarmed people, killing two, on the Danziger Bridge less than a week after the 2005 storm. Officers also were charged with participating in a cover-up to make the shootings appear justified.

Defense attorneys said the officers were shot at before they returned fire and acted reasonably in the face of a deadly threat."

It says: "...police shot six unarmed people, killing two..."

Then it says: "Defense attorneys said the officers were shot at before they returned fire and acted reasonably in the face of a deadly threat."

How do unarmed people shoot?