“Hurricane Katrina deeply affected the journalists who lived through the crisis, and lifelong New Orleans resident John McCusker took the strain especially hard. McCusker, a staff photographer for The Times-Picayune, was arrested Tuesday after leading police officers on a chase and trying to get them to kill him, his newspaper reported.” (story) “New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer John McCusker was released from the hospital this week and will face four criminal charges related to his confrontation with police two weeks ago, according to his editor.” (story)