Topic: Katrina
Leslie Jacobs touts public school reform 10 years later, but criticisms still loom
Seth Bloom, Orleans Parish School Board President, is quoted in the article discussing some of the reforms and how the schools have changed the 10 years since Katrina. Please check out the full article and video […]
Read MoreFormer Police Officer Involved in Danziger Bridge Shooting Convicted
Robert Barrios, a former New Orleans police officer who was involved in the Danziger Bridge shooting in Katrina’s aftermath, was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday. On September 4th, 2005, Mr. Barrios arrived […]
Read MoreGuilty Verdicts Delivered in Henry Glover Case
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten was very pleased with the court’s Thursday verdict calling it a victory for the honest officers who serve this city and an indictment of the men who, “thought they were above […]
Read MoreOrleans Parish Criminal Court releases statement of case backlog
The Orleans Parish Criminal District Court has released numbers from a Metropolitan Crime Commission analysis of 2009 showing that judges have reduced the buildup of old cases on their dockets. Following Hurricane Katrina, the courts […]
Read MoreJudges’ Recusals End Katrina Greenhouse-Gas Suit
In April of 2007, the Massachusetts v EPA case ended with the Supreme Court acknowledging the man made phenomenon, Global Warming. This helped inspire several Mississippi Coast residents to file suit against numerous energy companies […]
Read MoreNew Orleans police officer under investigation in shooting in days after Katrina
By The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 9:45AM By Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, staff writers and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica Henry Glover’s burned remains were found weeks after Hurricane Katrina inside an abandoned, nearly incinerated car […]
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