Anonymous Coward User ID: 949294 United States 08/25/2010 02:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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," [ link to www.cbsnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1023005 United States 08/25/2010 02:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters Some of the looters were cops themselves. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 949294 United States 08/25/2010 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters Some of the looters were cops themselves.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1023005True dat |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 745273 United States 08/25/2010 02:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters I have no problem with this |
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User ID: 1078920 United Kingdom 08/25/2010 02:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters I have no problem with this
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 745273Neither do I really, but it was clearly open to abuse. The obvious question is, how many did they actually shoot? |