7 indicted New Orleans cops to surrender

More than 200 supporters applauded as seven indicted policemen arrived at a jail Tuesday to face charges in a deadly bridge shooting amid the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina.

Each of the indicted men faces at least one charge of murder or attempted murder in the shootings of six people Sept. 4, 2005, on the Danziger Bridge.

One protester shouted "Police killings must stop" and "Racism must go," but the protesters were shouted down by the crowd yelling: "Heroes, Heroes."

Uniformed officers from nearby districts joined other supporters embracing the seven policemen and shaking their hands. One sign in the crowd read, "Support the Danziger 7." Another read: "Thanks for protecting our city."

"These men stayed here to protect our city and protect us and this is the thanks that is given to them," said Ryan Maher, 34, of New Orleans, who described himself as a civilian with friends in the police department.

"It's a serious injustice," said Sgt. Henry Kuhn of the Harahan Police Department, one of several uniformed officers from the New Orleans suburbs who joined the crowd.