A New Orleans Grand Jury has indicted seven police officers for their roles in the shootings at the Danziger Bridge during the Katrina emergency.

Perhaps nothing highlights the irresponsibility of the media during the Katrina crisis than this incident. There were no fewer than five revisions of the story.

Events haven't really gotten clearer with time. What is clear is that a mentally retarded man was shot seven times, five times in the back.

Clearly something went terribly wrong, but this comment from an NPR interview suggests that its not going to be easy to attribute malicious intent.

"The New Orleans Police Department was overwhelmed," says Anthony Radosti, vice president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission and a former 23-year veteran investigator with the New Orleans police.

"Radio communication was at a minimum. [The police] felt isolated, abandoned. They had no place to live or sleep. Rumors were just wild. Sniper fire, armed individuals on the street. And in some cases, that information was true," Radosti says.

I'm sure this must be Bush's fault...