Church Lady, 73, held for Looting

[Gogi]

Disgusting miscarraige of justice!

Front page www.chicagotribune.com

[tocqueville]

1. here is the story

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-katrina-costly-sausage,1,3934998.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Police say the grandmother from New Orleans took $63.50 in goods from a looted deli the day after Katrina struck.

Family and eyewitnesses have a different story. They say Maten is an innocent woman who had gone to her car to get some sausage to eat but was wrongly handcuffed by tired, frustrated officers who couldn't catch younger looters at a nearby store.

Not even the deli owner wants her charged.

"There were people looting, but she wasn't one of them. Instead of chasing after people who were running, they grabbed the old lady who was walking," said Elois Short, Maten's daughter, who works in traffic enforcement for neighboring New Orleans police.

[Parche]

2. church lady

Isnt that special

[Ravenseye]

4. Well who actually looted the store then?

Could it be....SATAN!!

[Gogi]

5. Probably the NOLA cops.

One of the most corrupt police departments in the country.

[Ravenseye]

8. How Convieeeeenient

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Lady

[chalky]

3. Rediculous. Obscene.

n/t

[spuddonna]

6. Sent to KO... n/t

[enigami]

7. I thought looting for food was o.k.

I guess unless you are to old or infirm to run away.

[qanda]

9. According to the story, she didn't even loot for survival

She had food in her car and had paid for a hotel room with a credit card. She had gone out to get some food, from her car, for her elderly husband. This story is just ridiculous. Why would they treat that woman like that?

[McCamy Taylor]

10. Ill bet she was black. Surbuban La. paranoia strikes again.