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AC Thompson

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Dec 10, 2017
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After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters

This story was co-published with The New Orleans Times-Picayune. In the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, an order circulated among New Orleans police authorizing officers to shoot looters,…
by
AC Thompson,
Sabrina Shankman,
Tom Jennings,
Brendan McCarthy &
Laura Maggi,
Frontline, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, ProPublica | Report
August 25, 2010
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New Clues Emerge in Post-Katrina Vigilante Shooting at Algiers Point

Three days after Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans into a ghost town, somebody shot Donnell Herrington twice in Algiers Point, ripping a hole in his throat. Herrington, who…
by
Brendan McCarthy &
AC Thompson,
ProPublica and The Times-Picayune
April 12, 2010
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Did New Orleans SWAT Cops Shoot an Unarmed Man?

The tip came in on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, as disorder was spreading through the devastated city: Somebody had stolen a Kentwood Springs bottled water…
by
Laura Maggi,
AC Thompson &
Brendan McCarthy,
ProPublica and The Times-Picayune
December 16, 2009
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In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets and in Police Ranks, Too

During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interviews and internal police documents.…
by
Laura Maggi,
AC Thompson &
Brendan McCarthy,
ProPublica and The Times-Picayune
December 13, 2009
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