A reporter was held at gunpoint by police after Katrina. Years later, he helped expose their misconduct

Three days after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, Gordon Russell was doing what journalists do in a disaster: walking the streets, taking notes, documenting what the public had a right to know.

Then, suddenly, he was thrown against a wall. Guns were drawn. Police were shouting.

“It was sort of frightening,” Russell recalled…

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