AP photographer gets subpoena in Katrina probe

struggle4progress

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Wed Sep-09-09 12:25 AM
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AP photographer gets subpoena in Katrina probe

Source: Associated Press

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (AP) – 2 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS — An Associated Press photographer has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing the death of a man whose burned body was found in a car near a police station several weeks after Hurricane Katrina.

Federal prosecutors also are seeking photos that Alex Brandon took at an elementary school while he was working for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and covering the aftermath of the Aug. 29, 2005, storm.

Police were using the school as a temporary headquarters on Sept. 2, 2005, when a group of men drove up looking for help for 31-year-old Henry Glover, who had been shot, according to published reports.

One of those men reportedly later told investigators that Glover was still in the back seat when a police officer drove off with his car. Glover's remains later were recovered from the charred car when it turned up on a levee near a police station ...

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFWG9wIQSN9Aq1Homu_sFDS0BHxQD9AJHNLO0

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Solly Mack

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Wed Sep-09-09 12:27 AM
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1. K&R

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dmr

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Wed Sep-09-09 01:40 AM
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2. Damn, this leaves me speechless n/t

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Wed Sep-09-09 02:11 AM
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3. Uh oh!

I feel sick.
k&r

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Wed Sep-09-09 02:54 AM
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4. good. Good that it is still being looked at, but this part of article is telling...

"A state judge last year dismissed criminal charges against seven current or former police officers in the shootings that killed two men and injured four other people, but federal authorities are trying to determine if the shootings violated anybody's civil rights."

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Wed Sep-09-09 06:21 AM
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7. trying to determine if the shootings violated anybody's civil rights

If being shot doesn't violate your civil rights I don't know what does.

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Hubert Flottz

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Wed Sep-09-09 04:13 AM
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5. K&R

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Chef Eric

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Wed Sep-09-09 05:53 AM
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6. Disgusting. nt

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fasttense

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Wed Sep-09-09 06:22 AM
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8. Seems the police became the criminals after Katrina.

As if the people of New Orleans had not suffered enough.

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Wed Sep-09-09 07:32 AM
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9. i'm sure the officer has a perfectly rational explanation for this...

:sarcasm:

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