OK, this is getting really bad.

[unixronin]

interdictor reports that New Orleans police have been joining the looters, and the remaining honest cops are holed up under siege in their precincts and taking automatic-weapons fire.

The Big Easy is falling apart ... what's left of it.

---

Update:

Confirmation from the Times-Picayune, with photos, here.  This PDF page has a front-page photo of uniformed New Orleans cops leaving Wal-Mart with an armful of DVDs and what looks like maybe a copy of Windows XP.

This is despicable.  To say "We don't have the power to stop it" is one thing.  But to JOIN THE LOOTERS?!?

Comments

[sunruner.livejournal.com]

Um... is there proof that that police officer didn't just take those back from a looter? I didn't read anything in the skim I did of the article or see anything in the picture to say that he is actually stealing these items.
Just my two cents. I know how some journalists enjoy stirring up trouble.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

There is widespread documentation of looting by New Orleans police, as well as eyewitness accounts by New Orleans bloggers.