I was going to post this update in the original thread but I cant find it. Maybe someone else can and post the link

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Two officers are fired in New Orleans beating case By Mary Foster, Associated Press | December 22, 2005 NEW ORLEANS -- Two officers were fired yesterday in connection with a beating in the French Quarter shortly after Hurricane Katrina that was photographed and videotaped by the Associated Press. A third officer was suspended. A union official vowed to fight the firings of officers Robert Evangelist and Lance Schilling for their role in the beating of 64-year-old Robert Davis. Officer Stuart Smith was suspended for 120 days. Davis is black; the three officers are white. Evangelist and Schilling were accused of battery on Davis. Smith was accused of battery on a reporter who had taped the beating. The New Orleans police union disagreed with the decision and plans to appeal it to the Civil Service Commission, said Lieutenant David Benelli, the police association's president. ''This case became highly publicized through the media," Benelli said. ''In light of the worldwide media frenzy these officers were placed under, it was impossible for them to receive a fair investigation." After seeing the video of the beating, Police Superintendent Warren Riley called the officers' actions unacceptable, comments that Benelli said interfered with their ability to get a fair investigation by the police internal affairs division. The officers' lawyer, Frank DeSalvo, did not return calls made to his answering service, nor did Davis's attorney Joseph Bruno. DeSalvo has said that the video of the confrontation does not give the whole story. All three officers had been suspended without pay since the encounter. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/a...ng_case?mode=PF