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.
LAProgress
