Public Integrity Bureau investigates bar fight
NOPD probes cops’ role in fight
Three are reassigned after incident at bar
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
By Brendan McCarthy
Three New Orleans police officers have been reassigned amid a criminal investigation into a Mardi Gras night melee at a Mid-City bar, police said Monday.
The department’s Public Integrity Bureau has opened a probe stemming from an incident at the Beach Corner Lounge that involved “a number of” officers, four employees of the Regional Transit Authority and several others, Police Department spokesman Sgt. Joe Narcisse confirmed.
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