Alec Brown, a former officer who left the force in 2008, testified that he and Warren argued about looters while patrolling after the 2005 hurricane.
Brown said he defended people taking food, while Warren said looters “were all animals and they deserved to be shot, and that they were all destroying the city.’’
“I told him, ‘That’s not right,’ ’’ Brown said.
Six days after Glover’s death, Brown found Glover’s burned remains in a charred car abandoned on a Mississippi River levee near a police station. Brown said he reported it to a superior officer, Travis McCabe. McCabe is now a lieutenant with the department.
“He said that they knew about it, don’t worry about it. Police need to stick together,’’ Brown said. “I believed it was a weird statement.’’
Later, Brown said, he was discussing the burned body with another officer when McCabe overheard. Brown quoted McCabe telling him, “I told you we already know about it. Just leave it alone.’’
That didn’t stop Brown from asking Warren about it later, while they shared a patrol car.
“He put his head down and said, ‘I don’t know, maybe it was just a looter,’ ’’ Brown said.
Four other current or former officers, including McCabe, are charged with trying to cover up Glover’s death. Lieutenant Dwayne Scheuermann and Officer Gregory McRae are accused of burning Glover’s body. Former Lieutenant Robert Italiano and McCabe are accused of falsifying a report to make it appear the shooting was justified.
