Katrina Coverage

[UPDATE: Just to make this clear, what's quoted below is from a satirical article. However, the first link above is to a report about a real FBI investigation. That is not humor. This is explained in "NOPD phantom cops: real or fiction?"]

Shocking news, as New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has provided a defense of the NOPD's alleged use of "phantom police": NOPD said it had 1600 or more officers, but it might have had in actual fact less than 1000.

From the interview here:

"Sure we overstated the number of officers on the force… We did this to deter crime… Just as George Washington lit fake campfires to lull the British troops before his surprise attack at Princeton, we in New Orleans have employed a similar strategy."

What about the money?

As for what happened to the funds that were supposed to have paid police salaries, Nagin asserted that they were used to hire consultants and purchase computer software needed to sustain New Orleans' "virtual police force."

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