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Officers Indicted Over Videotaped French Quarter Beating

HeadlineMar 30, 2006

In New Orleans, two former police officers and one current officer have been indicted for their role in the beating of an unarmed man that was caught on videotape. The incident occurred last October. Robert Davis, a 64-year old retired teacher, was walking in the city’s French Quarter when police accosted him. The officers hit Davis at least four times in the head, dragged him to the ground, and kneed him in the back. Davis was left bleeding on the ground.

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