When the Shit Hits the Fan

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watch out you lovers of order, they'll shoot you, too.

During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New
Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died,
according to interviews and internal police documents. Some incidents
involving police were widely publicized and have prompted a U.S.
Justice Department inquiry into the conduct of the New Orleans Police
Department that has brought dozens of officers before federal grand
juries to testify.

But a fresh examination of the post-storm period — a joint effort by
ProPublica, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and PBS “Frontline” —
raises additional questions about the actions of police who shot
civilians. It also reveals deep flaws in the department’s efforts to
investigate its officers’ use of deadly force in the chaos after the
storm.