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Swept away: Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Police Department

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imageA New Orleans policeman during a boat rescue mission in New Orleans on September 6 2005. REUTERS/Lee Celano

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has been both demonized and eulogized – often inaccurately and sometimes unfairly – for its conduct during Hurricane Katrina, which hit land 10 years ago this week....

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