Looting, desperation spread in New Orleans.

From: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) | Date: August 30, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Bill Hanna

NEW ORLEANS _ As dumbfounded hotel guests Tuesday watched from balconies and police officers stood several hundred yards away, dozens of brazen looters began ransacking flooded storefronts along New Orleans' famed Canal Street.

"We're so screwed," said one New Orleans police officer just before officers put on a show of force, brandishing shotguns and using batons to clear the growing crowd off Canal Street.

The lawlessness took ...

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