A US jury convicted five current and former police officers of gunning down people on a New Orleans bridge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A policeman sprayed gunfire at wounded, unarmed people and repeatedly stamped on a dying man on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina, a former officer told a court.

A deadly gunfight on a bridge in the anarchy-filled days following Hurricane Katrina became a symbol of New Orleans’ loss of control. Now, more than a year later, seven police officers face charges in the shootings.