"Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?" 1

We saw: In Katrina's aftermath, New Orleans Police officers joining in the looting at Wal-Mart, pushing shopping carts full of looted stuff. (If you haven't seen the video, click here.)

You'd think: These officers need to be fired, then arrested and charged with theft.

Instead: The NOPD disciplined the officers for failing to stop others from looting, but not for the officers' own looting. The NOPD's story: the looting officers had received permission from their superiors to help themselves to Wal-Mart's merchandise.

The Times-Picayune's Jarvis DeBerry calls it right: According to the NOPD, "what we see is less important than what police officials say."

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¹ Richard Pryor, on being caught in flagrante delicto by his wife.