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The Worst NOLA Looters—Cops?

Matt Welch | 9.23.2005 12:53 PM

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I suppose there is some room for doubt in this lengthy CNN report, but it sure looks like some New Orleans cops went on organized looting binges, breaking into empty homes on dry ground, hoarding booze and other supplies in hotels, offering bribes to people who ratted on them, etc.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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