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After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters

 
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After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters
"We have authority by martial law to shoot looters," Captain James Scott told a few dozen officers in a portion of the tape viewed by reporters. Scott, then the commander of the 1st district, is now captain of the special operations division.

Another police captain, Harry Mendoza, told federal prosecutors last month that he was ordered by Warren Riley, then the department's second-in-command, to "take the city back and shoot looters."

Mendoza quoted Riley as saying: "If you can sleep with it, do it,"
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08/25/2010 02:39 PM
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Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters
Some of the looters were cops themselves.
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Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters
Some of the looters were cops themselves.
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True dat
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08/25/2010 02:42 PM
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Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters
I have no problem with this
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Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters
I have no problem with this
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Neither do I really, but it was clearly open to abuse. The obvious question is, how many did they actually shoot?





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