Louisiana Governor Issues Shoot-to-Loot Orders Amid Katrina

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco stated that National Guard troops arriving from Iraq were 'locked and loaded' with shoot-to-kill orders for looters. Media coverage framing Black survivors seeking food and water as 'looters' while white survivors doing the same were called 'finding' supplies inflamed the atmosphere. Historians documented the orders contributing to extrajudicial violence against Black residents by vigilante groups in Algiers Point.