The title of this article is “We were robbed” This comes from the Times Picayune. It was written by Jarvis DeBerry.
It was an article about the former chief spokesperson for U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. Claude Allen is a man who spoke for the senator until he was diagnised with a mental condition. He was put on trial for stealing from a local Target. At the same time this incident was happenning Hurrican Katrina was happening in New Orleans. The way he used it to his advantage was a terrible almost demeaning thing to do. He said that he saw all of the devestation in New Orleans after Katrina. He also said that he saw all of the looting going on on the city after the storm and that it made him upset. It made him depressed and he said that he had to steal. He had so mich pity and love for New Orleans that he had to steal for us. I totally disagree with this. I am from New Orleans and saw all of the things going on on the city. I would never even think about stealing anything from anywhere in texas where I lived after the storm. To top it all of it seemed as though the judge and the jury agreed with him. He convinced them that he was under a lot of stress since it was the nation’s biggest natural disaster and he had to work with the president. Whoever the courtroom officials were believed him and he was only slapped with only being recommended to be suspended from practicing law for 90 days. To me it seems like a big pile of lies.
