Feds examining allegations that NOPD officials gave 'shoot looters' order

[kpete]

Source: NOLA


Feds examining allegations that NOPD officials gave 'shoot looters' order
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 5:31 PM Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 7:07 PM

Federal authorities are looking into allegations that top New Orleans Police Department officials circulated orders authorizing officers to shoot looters in the days after Hurricane Katrina.

Federal agents have asked Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas for information on the allegations and have sought to interview officers with direct knowledge of any such orders, police spokesman Bob Young said Thursday evening.

"In response to the printed and televised interviews published, I have been contacted by federal authorities who have initiated a review and inquiry into this matter," Serpas said in a prepared statement.

The inquiry comes after an expansive report and hourlong documentary released this week by a team of reporters from The Times-Picayune, PBS Frontline and ProPublica, the investigative newsroom. The team examined Police Department leaders' conduct as part of a broader look at police shootings after the hurricane.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/08/feds_examining_allegations_tha.html

[peace13]

1. This is too rich.

I was told by a National Guard member that the only difference between Iraq and NO was that in NO you had to remove the ID's and stack the dead bodies. I am pretty sure that the Feds know that we shot looters.

[CynicalObserver]

2. as I understand it, shooting looters in a state of martial law is legal.

is the issue legality or subsequent cover-up?