document: 2 New Orleans cops sentenced in post-Katrina shooting & burning of Henry Glover Former New Orleans Police Department -LRB- NOPD -RRB- Officer David Warren was sentenced today in connection with the post-Katrina shooting death of Henry Glover , and current NOPD Officer Greg McRae was sentenced for the subsequent burning of Glover 's remains and obstruction of justice . Former NOPD Officer Warren was sentenced to 25 years and nine months in prison for his involvement in the Sept. 2 , 2005 , shooting death of civilian Henry Glover . As part of the restitution order , Warren will also pay $ 7,642.32 to Glover 's family for funeral expenses . Warren was found guilty by a federal jury of a civil rights violation resulting in death for shooting Glover , and for using a firearm to commit manslaughter . Current NOPD Officer McRae was sentenced to 17 years and three months in prison , three years of supervised release , and restitution in the amount of $ 6,000 for his involvement in the burning of Mr. Glover 's body . McRae was convicted of two civil rights violations , one count of obstructing justice , and one count of using fire during the commission of a felony . One of the civil rights counts charged that McRae willfully used fire to destroy a civilian 's property by burning and destroying a car , and the other civil rights count charged that he willfully deprived Glover 's family members of their right to seek redress in the courts for his death . Evidence presented at trial established that Warren , while stationed on a second floor lookout , shot Glover , who was a floor below him and running away . Glover 's brother and a friend flagged down a passing motorist , '' `` Good Samaritan '' '' William Tanner , who put the wounded Glover in his car to try to get medical attention for him . However , when the group of men drove up to a makeshift police station seeking help for Glover , police officers surrounded the men at gunpoint , handcuffed them and let Glover die in the back seat of the car . McRae then drove off with Tanner 's car , with Glover 's body inside , and burned both the body and the car with a traffic flare . Advertisement This case was investigated by the New Orleans Field Office of the FBI and was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Jared Fishman , of the Justice Department 's Civil Rights Division , and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tracey Knight and Michael Magner for the Eastern District of Louisiana .
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