In New Orleans, a second former police officer has pleaded guilty in the cover-up of the police killing of two unarmed African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The victims, forty-two-year-old Ronald Madison and nineteen-year-old James Brissette, were crossing the Danziger Bridge in search of food. Madison, who was mentally handicapped, was shot seven times, five in his back. On Thursday, former New Orleans Police officer Jeffrey Lehrmann admitted to knowing of the cover-up but failing to report it. Last month, a retired police lieutenant who oversaw the investigation admitted to a conspiracy charge in fabricating witness statements, falsifying incident reports, and planting a gun at the crime scene. Police now say the officers also held a secret meeting to coordinate their fabricated accounts of the shooting. In sentencing Lehrmann, US District Judge Lance Africk said, “I have neither imagined or heard of more despicable conduct by law enforcement officers.”