Former police officer sentenced to 25 years for shooting looter

A rookie police officer at the time of Hurricane Katrina aftermath, David Warren (photo) had been guarding a police substation which was located on the second floor of a strip mall in Algiers on Sept. 2, 2005.

As Henry Glover approached the substation, Warren shot him. Glover and a friend had gone to the mall to retrieve some items looted by friends.

In December, Warren was convicted of violating Glover's civil rights by shooting him, as well as using a gun in a crime of violence. He was sentenced to more than 309 months in prison this morning for the shooting of 31-year-old Henry Glover.

U.S. District Judge Lance Africk told Warren that his use of deadly force against Glover was unnecessary and that he did not believe Glover charged at him in a menacing way, as Warren had claimed.

Africk added that Warren's conduct was in contrast to that of most NOPD officers, who helped people and saved lives in the aftermath of the storm. Actions like Warren's, he said, erode confidence in law enforcement. As such, a harsh sentence was necessary to deter other officers from such conduct.

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