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Police Chief Says Thousands Trapped in New Orleans Convention Center
AP ^ | 1-Sept-2005 | AP

Posted on 09/01/2005 2:49:12 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo

The New Orleans police chief says 15-thousand people are trapped in the city's convention center. And he says some are being raped and beaten.

Chief Eddie Compass says displaced tourists are "walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon."

Compass said he sent eight eleven-man teams into the convention center. But as soon as the first team arrived, he said, "they were beaten back within 30 feet of the entrance."

Earlier, the city's mayor issued a "desperate SOS" on behalf of the thousands who are stranded at the convention center.

He also gave the go-ahead for them to march across a bridge to a dry area of the city and look for whatever relief they could find.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: katrina; neworleans
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To: ModelBreaker
Does this mean Rosseau was wrong?

He maintained that human beings were essentially good and equal in the state of nature but were corrupted by the introduction of property, agriculture, science, and commerce..... I would say that what you see before your eyes is the true nature of uncivilized people controlling the few civilized people left in a natural disaster.

301 posted on 09/01/2005 3:34:58 PM PDT by badpacifist (Question Authority of public schools. Which thought police have your kids?)
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To: Enterprise
"A socialist created gulag. Thank you Democrats, thank you very much."

Haiti anyone???

302 posted on 09/01/2005 3:35:13 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: sandbar
So the no food or water would make people shoot people who are trying to rescue them?

I don't think these people are the ones shooting.... but they don't control the streets coming into the area... the hoodlums do. They're trapped by the same hoodlums.

303 posted on 09/01/2005 3:35:26 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Rosenkreutz
I never heard that about the rescue workers and police who had to stay, that's really heartbreaking.

I just read it this morning. We'll probably be hearing a lot more stories like this.

304 posted on 09/01/2005 3:35:56 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: msnimje
My question is this, has the crime rate risen in NO the past few days or is this how it is on a typical day there and we just do not hear about it on the National News?

On a "normal" day, they are not as concentrated together, and the police have better ability to get at them, so they behave better. What you're seeing is how the thugs become when they know they have the police outnumbered and cowed

A good reason for all law-abiding citizens to have firearms and a goodly supply of ammo -- because when it hits the fan, you WILL be on your own

305 posted on 09/01/2005 3:36:00 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Clemenza

>>Treme is the area immediately to the north of the French Quarter. Alot of tourists have made the mistake of going past Rampart Street, only to RUN back to the Quarter.

Only been there once, but my friends were staying in a small hotel just north of Rampart. They were walking back there after a fun night in the Quarter and a local told them to go back and catch a cab, or they might find themselves in the morgue.


306 posted on 09/01/2005 3:36:14 PM PDT by Betis70 (Every generation needs a new revolution)
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To: Labyrinthos

The stories that will be told by the tourists being held captive in the convention center are going to be sickening. The media will try to censor what's really going on in there.


307 posted on 09/01/2005 3:36:33 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

~sigh~ Very true.


308 posted on 09/01/2005 3:36:40 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: uncitizen
I lived in Miami for three years. It truly is a town of contrasts. You have nabes that are very wealthy and very safe (I used to take walks along in my nabe at 2AM) and they you have some of the worst ghettos in America.

I always tell my friends who visit to stay on the Beach, in Coral Gables/South Miami, or in the western portion of the county. The area from downtown up to the Broward line (east of Lejeune) has got to be the worst ghetto in the US (Liberty City and North Miami).

309 posted on 09/01/2005 3:37:00 PM PDT by Clemenza (Proud "Free Traitor" & Capitalist Pig)
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To: Acts 2:38

One of the TV channels last night followed a couple of policewomen who had apparently joined in the looting. When confronted, it was obvious that she was just part of those stealing.

If the inclination for the NO police is to join in, I can see why there are problems. This is probably why some of the first shots were toward police stations - to spook the cops into compliance.


310 posted on 09/01/2005 3:37:16 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: Captain Kirk

So Bush is running the helicopter dispatch office? Those breeches are just now repairable because the water in NO has reached the level of the water in the lake. There wasn't any chance that they were going to actually stop a 200 yard breech with anything you could dump from a helicopter anyway. Once you started to close it the water pressure just increased blowing away whatever was dropped.


311 posted on 09/01/2005 3:37:19 PM PDT by Belasarius (Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
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To: Chena

"Also, Rosenkreutz, perhaps you are not aware of the fact that thousands of people who WANTED to leave, couldn't."




Yes! And this is exactly why the Governor and Mayor deserve to be tarred and feathered. Living in Florida I have seen hurricanes come and go...yet one thing I know is that most cities have procedures for evacuating those who can't.

They should've had buses, shuttles and taxis running since at least Saturday morning. But because both the governor and mayor were still realing from the criticism over Ivan, they decided to not take this as serious as they should've.

I'm sure if it was election day, there would've been buses running all day, in and out of these poor communities to make sure they all made it to the polls.


312 posted on 09/01/2005 3:37:47 PM PDT by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses.)
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To: uncitizen

It wasn't.


313 posted on 09/01/2005 3:37:59 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ExpatGator

I would be disgusted also. I would expect better response from a cop. But then, the NO police force was once called the most corrupt police force in the U.S. So it is no surprise to me that a force that has cops who ignore a sexual assault would have cops who loot and back down from crooks.


314 posted on 09/01/2005 3:38:06 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Islam is not a religion, but rather a means of world conquest" - ALAN BURKHART.COM)
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To: StarSpangled
"The FEMA director is covering his a@@. He's incompetent, just like everyone else in the government--at all levels."

Like using expensive helicopters to inefficiently drop sand bags in the levy breaks.

They need to use the choppers to drop in security squads and for rescue.

Use boats/barges/cranes and experienced contractors to repair the damn levies.

This is crazy...

315 posted on 09/01/2005 3:38:09 PM PDT by FireTrack
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To: Brad's Gramma
They were like this all along, their evil just below the surface. It's now out there for all to see.

We have these Third-World towns embedded inside our cities. Now we have in plain view the ugly secrets of lawlessness and violence of a typical "inner city."

316 posted on 09/01/2005 3:38:27 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: Captain Kirk
"There are not enough troops because they are all being sucked into the Iraq quagmire."

I think I know what Chris Mathiews Screen handle is (see "To" above)

317 posted on 09/01/2005 3:39:02 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Enterprise

If this is a vision of thing to come, then (and I think it is for reasons I've posted in other threads) when we have a opportunity to make a statement that criminals will remember for years to come. But I would take real leadership to do what is right for the future of the nation and sadly we do not have leaders with the guts to send in Special Forces and start taking bad guys out.


318 posted on 09/01/2005 3:39:21 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: PAR35

I read in an article that the crime rate in NO is 10 TIMES the national average. That will explain a lot of what is going on. For a city that lives off tourism they have certainly shot themselves in the foot. No pun intended.


319 posted on 09/01/2005 3:39:28 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: tomahawk

Just wait until it spreads.


320 posted on 09/01/2005 3:39:30 PM PDT by CAP811 (One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place)
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