NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans police officer was laughing after he burned the body of a man who had been gunned down by police in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, a fellow officer testified Thursday.
The testimony came during the trial of officer Greg McRae and Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, who are charged with burning the body of 31-year-old Henry Glover in a car after he was shot and killed by a different officer outside a strip mall on Sept. 2, 2005. Three other current and former officers also are charged in Glover's death...
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A New Orleans police officer who admits to torching a car containing a human body in the days after Hurricane Katrina was laughing as he ran away from the macabre scene, a colleague testified Thursday in federal court.
View full sizeLt. Joseph Meisch, left, said he saw Officer Greg McRae, right, running down an Algiers levee on Sept. 2, 2005, with a plume of smoke behind him.
Lt. Joseph Meisch, who was given immunity for his testimony, said he saw Officer Greg McRae running down an Algiers levee on Sept. 2, 2005, with a plume of smoke behind him. With McRae was Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, who Meisch described as having a "blank, nonchalant look." Neither officer appeared upset or concerned at the time, he said.
After they ran into Meisch, McRae allegedly told him, "Don't worry about it."
Scheuermann added, "I got it," Meisch testified Thursday...
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