Photographer for 'Times-Pic' Arrested As He Begs Cops to Kill Him

[NVMojo]

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NEW YORK A photographer for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans who has undergone severe personal trauma since Hurricana Katrina hit was arrested Tuesday after trying to get police to shoot him to death. Police said he claimed he was depressed after he found out he didn't have enough insurance money to rebuild his Katrina-damaged home.

They said he was seeking "suicide-by-cop," but police who found him tasered him instead.

Earlier published accounts had revealed that he had recently taken a leave of absence from the paper and was undergoing therapy.

John McCusker, the photographer, was being held under psychiatric observation and faces unspecified charges.

He had been one of the paper's key photographers in the immediate aftermath of Katrina. "Katrina didn't flood New Orleans - government failure did," he told visiting students from Brown University recently.

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[KatyaR]

1. OMG, that's absolutely awful.

This is just a single example of the widespread destruction from Katrina. The residents will suffer from this for a really long time.

[MadMaddie]

2. This is a tradgedy that will plague the Gulf,,,,

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2445922&mesg_id=2445922