Wednesday, 25 August 2010
After Katrina, N.O. Police Told to Shoot Looters
In the frantic days after Hurricane Katrina, a command circulated among New Orleans police authorizing officers to shoot looters, according to present and former members of the department. It's not apparent how widely the order was communicated. The accounts of orders to "shoot looters," "take back the city," or "do what you have to do" are fragmentary. It remains unclear who originated them or whether they were heard by any of the officers involved in shooting 11 civilians in the days after Katrina.
Friday, 20 August 2010
New Orleans Needs Five More Years To Recover Says Landrieu
Five years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans, the city's mayor said Thursday that its recovery will take at least another five years. Katrina and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought the Louisiana coast "to its knees," New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) told those attending a luncheon at the National Press Club. The city's transformation will be slow and dependent on resources, but Landrieu said there will be more immediate transformation in the city's safety, schools and job market.
LAProgress
