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Jury convicts 3 officers in post-Katrina death

Last updated Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 7:13pm

NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Thursday convicted three current or former New Orleans police officers but acquitted two others in the death of a man during Hurricane Katrina’s chaotic aftermath.

The jury of seven women and five men on convicted former officer David Warren of manslaughter in the shooting death of 31-year-old Henry Glover outside a strip mall on Sept. 2, 2005.

The jury also convicted Officer Gregory McRae of burning Glover’s body in a car. Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann was acquitted of that charge.

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New Orleans police officer Gregory McRae, who is charged with burning the body 31 year old Henry Glover and assaulting people trying to help Glover, after he was allegedly fatally shot by police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, leaves Federal Court in New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010.

Officer says he burned body after Katrina

Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 11:27am

NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans police officer on trial for burning the body of a man who was fatally shot by a different officer testified Monday that he set the fire because he didn't want to let another corpse rot in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

"I was exposed to so much death, so many bodies," said Officer Gregory McRae, one of two officers charged with burning the body of 31-year-old Henry Glover in the back seat of a car on Sept. 2, 2005.

McRae said nobody ordered him to torch the car or Glover's body, and he denied setting the fire to cover up a police shooting. McRae said his decision was influenced by having seen other bodies floating in the flood waters that inundated New Orleans.

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BP concedes Gulf oil spill is bigger than estimate

Greg Bluestein, Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 7:07pm

NEW ORLEANS -- BP conceded Thursday that more oil than it estimated is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as heavy crude washed into Louisiana's wetlands for the first time, feeding worries and uncertainty about the massive monthlong spill.

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(JUDI BOTTONI/The Associated Press) U.S. Attorney James Letten (left) speaks to the media outside the Federal Court building in New Orleans on Thursday.

Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up

Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 2:06pm

NEW ORLEANS -- A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's damage.

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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton holds the Lombardi Trophy out of his car as he leaves the airport in Kenner, La., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in the NFL football Super Bowl for the first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Parade to give another jolt of Saints euphoria

Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 9:21am

NEW ORLEANS -- Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.

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