You can bet Nagin is in on the scam. He was awfully quick to put the Las Vegas and Atlanta vacations stories out there.
No wonder the citizens were shooting at the NO Police.
If a cop is shot in NO, does anyone fall?
I can see even more clearly now why the people were armed and angry. Only the U.S. military was equipped to enter this place.
The vacations is the nail in Nagin's Coffin - no one in their right mind sends first responders, especially cops, on vacation when they are most needed by the community. Not to mention that legitimate cops would be craving the 24 hours a day overtime/hazardous pay. This type of catastrophe is what real cops live for...this is why they became cops..to help when the shi-ite hits the fan.
Nagin knew full well these phantom cops were on the payroll and he was willing to take the heat for sending "cops" on vacation because he could then say, "well they just never came back". What is it they say, te best place to hide is in plain sight? He's going down hard and he knows it.