Seth Bloom, Orleans Parish School Board President, is quoted in the article discussing some of the reforms and how the schools have changed the 10 years since Katrina. Please check out the full article and video […]
Category: Katrina
Aug 21, 2012 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
In a new post-Katirna milestone New Orleans is no longer considered the most blighted city in America. Using reports of active and non active mailing addresses the Greater New Orleans Data Center has calculated that […]
Dec 2, 2011 - Courts by Seth Bloom
Robert Barrios, a former New Orleans police officer who was involved in the Danziger Bridge shooting in Katrina’s aftermath, was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday. On September 4th, 2005, Mr. Barrios arrived […]
Aug 5, 2011 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
This morning, after three days of deliberation, the jury of the Danziger Bridge police corruption trial returned the same verdict for all five officers on trial: guilty. Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Robert Faulcon and Anthony […]
Aug 3, 2011 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
Everything that occurs behind the closed doors of Jury deliberation remains secret, which makes imposing rules on deliberation a difficult concept, but the court’s process up until the doors close is designed to ensure just […]
Jun 13, 2011 - Courts by Seth Bloom
NOLA.com reported today on the recent renewal of a program which had largely fallen by the wayside after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Mental Health Court, which operates out of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, […]
Apr 18, 2011 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has been following through on his plan to clean up 10,000 of the cities nuisance properties by 2014. However, preservationists, including the producers of the HBO series Treme, have spoken out against […]
Feb 7, 2011 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
A report on NOLA.com today indicated that renowned CNN reporter, Anderson Cooper (notable for his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and most recently for being punched in the face by demonstrators in Egypt), […]
Dec 10, 2010 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten was very pleased with the court’s Thursday verdict calling it a victory for the honest officers who serve this city and an indictment of the men who, “thought they were above […]
Dec 1, 2010 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
Former NOPD Officer Michael Hunter was sentenced to eight years in prison this afternoon for his participation in the shooting and police coverup in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that is now being referred to […]
Nov 8, 2010 - Katrina by Seth Bloom
The trial for the Henry Glover case in which NOPD officers are charged with shooting an unarmed civilian, beating those who attempted to bring him to seek medical attention and the eventual burning of his […]
Sep 17, 2010 - Courts by Seth Bloom
In a decision on Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal judge’s ruling that Washington Group International (a contractor employed by the Army Corps of Engineers) was entitled to government-contractor immunity. According […]