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New Orleans residents invited to return
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-30 20:00
Riley drew a distinction between taking useful items such as food and jeans,
which he contended didn't amount to looting in a crisis, and taking luxuries
such as jewelry. He suggested that arresting looters was difficult amid the
chaos following the storm.
"Minor offenders, it was determined, we could not in fact arrest them," he
said.
Incidents in which officers took Cadillacs from a dealer's lot were not
looting because the officers patrolled in the cars, said Riley, who was
appointed to the job this week after his predecessor resigned. However, Riley
said authorities were looking into whether the officers had driven the cars
illegally.
"There were some officers who did use Cadillacs," Riley said. "Those cars
were not stolen."
Katrina's death toll in Louisiana rose to 923 on Thursday, up from 896 the day before, the
state health department said.
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