Danzinger (Pilot)

Made homeless by the floods of Hurricane Katrina, the Madison brothers and members of the Bartholomew family seek refuge from the floodwaters in the days after the storm. The same floodwaters have forced officers of the New Orleans Police Department to set up a makeshift headquarters in a reception hall on a strip of dry ground nearby. As the Madisons and Bartholomews struggle to survive, the NOPD officers confront real and imagined lawlessness in a city under siege. When the officers’ and civilians’ paths cross on the Danzinger Bridge following reports of officers under fire, the officers' unjustified attack against the two black families on the bridge is brutal and devastating, leaving two dead and four seriously wounded. So concludes the pilot episode, with subsequent episodes to explore the ensuing cover-up, framing of innocent victims, state and federal investigations and prosecutions, and convictions and reversals. Based on a true story.