oh yeah i saw that as well. no excuse for that although i have had members of the press get way too close to situations like that and they need to be put in their place. although the way the officer handled it was just wrong.
but i will not comment on what the mindset of the NOPD must be right now. at least the guys on the tape showed up for work. i put some blame on the idiot mayor nagin. why in the heck would you open the bars when even the cops are still going through so much personal turmoil? it's a recipe for disaster.
I think their personal turmoil is caused more by 500 cops that never existed except on paper and their looted stashes being found. There was a thread on FR today about cops having stolen 200 cars.
Normally I defend the police but not in NO.