Synopsis

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a crisis of law enforcement emerged alongside the devastation. "Law & Disorder," a year-long collaboration between FRONTLINE, ProPublica, and the New Orleans Times-Picayune, examines allegations that New Orleans Police Department officers used excessive force against citizens and attempted to conceal their actions. A year before the fifth anniversary of the storm, and drawing on reports from a real-time online investigation, FRONTLINE re-evaluates the NOPD's res