The Killing of Henry Glover: Who Else Knew?

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The Killing of Henry Glover: Who Else Knew?

The Killing of Henry Glover: Who Else Knew?
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica
June 11, 2010 10:35 pm EDT

When I began investigating the mysterious death of Henry Glover, one of the most notable aspects of the case was the lack of documents.

Here was a New Orleans resident found incinerated in a car just a few hundred feet from a police station in September 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina. Yet there was no sign that anyone in authority had ever conducted any sort of investigation. The New Orleans Police Department told me in 2008 that they knew absolutely nothing about Glover’s demise.

Today’s indictment suggests that was not true. The 11-count indictment accuses police officers of shooting Glover and torching his corpse, physically attacking his brother and another man, and then attempting to conceal it all.

What’s most striking about the charging documents is what they do not address: The extraordinary number of officers in the department who were likely aware of these events as they unfolded.

To recap:

David Warren, the former officer indicted for allegedly shooting Glover with a .223 rifle round, was accompanied by another officer when he fired the shot.

At that point, a man named William Tanner tried to help Glover, driving him and his brother to seek medical assistance at an elementary school that had been commandeered by a SWAT team of officers. (Tanner didn’t know that Glover had allegedly been shot by a police officer.)

The SWAT officers at the school failed to provide Glover with any medical assistance. Instead, prosecutors say, Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann and Officer Greg McRae “kicked and hit” Tanner and Glover’s brother, Edward King, without cause.

Numerous – possibly dozens – of other officers were likely present at the site of the alleged beatings. In an interview this week, a SWAT officer told me 50 to 60 cops were camped out at the school at any given time in the days after Katrina. (The officer declined to comment directly on the Glover matter.)

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Sat Jun-12-10 07:28 AM
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2. ?? If FEMA didn't declare a state of emergency during

Katrina, I doubt they have any plans to do it in the near future. I cannot imagine what circumstance would precipitate that action.

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Sat Jun-12-10 07:32 AM
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3. This is what ethnic cleansing looks like.

Thanks dubya, Brownie and Eric Prince. :thumbsdown:

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Sat Jun-12-10 09:00 AM
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4. And people question why there are folks who distrust the police.

This is horrible. That is why the public should not be forced to put cops on a pedistal. :(

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