Rafael Goyeneche Orleans Quotations

This suspect epitomizes everything that was wrong with the criminal justice system in New Orleans before Katrina blew through town.

Really, a lot of the violence in New Orleans was, I think, a direct result of the failure of the criminal justice system. And I mean every component, including the public, because the public is one of the main reasons why a lot of these prosecutions didn't go forward. ... Because they failed to cooperate.

The New Orleans Police Department is probably better than any other organization in the U.S. at policing an event like this. I think it's because most of them grew up with Mardi Gras; they understand it because they've been attending since they were kids.

Houston is feeling some of the pain from the failure of the New Orleans criminal justice system.