Hope they rot in jail.

yup

They better take solitary confinement.

Or at the least, it should be. Please delete/edit.

What's super-sensitive about that?

to a lower security prison. Those prisons usually have less dangerous prisoners or ones that are getting close to release time. I don't think they should get special treatment.

Don't for a second believe it will be a deterrence for the next disaster, however.

Kn phreakin R

This needs to happen a lot more if it is going to have any effect on the out-of-control criminal behavior of police in this country.

which would presumably get much less publicity than this trial.

Finally! Man them wheels are sloooow!

Ricky and the Senate cut by half the allocation for hurricane protection, going from 2001 to 2005.


Why the Levee Broke

Washington knew exactly what needed to be done to protect the citizens of New Orleans from disasters like Katrina. Yet federal funding for Louisiana flood control projects was diverted to pay for the war in Iraq.

What a nightmare they've created for themselves.

fate worse than death.

I can't believe I didn't hear about this earlier today. I remember going to N.O. a few months after Katrina to help with the cleanup & rebuilding, and I first heard about the story from a local activist. It was shocking and hard to fathom. I never imagined it would actually go before a court, let alone lead to convictions of the officers involved.

pooh-poohed as urban legend-type stuff? Or just rumor-mongering? I remember not being sure what to believe at the time.

And the cover ups and lies associated with this case doesn't make it any easier. This is the 1 in 10 times measured justice has prevailed. But I wonder? How many cases are there that we don't know about.

Now we need to go after the killers who were in the Bush govt including the Shrub