Murder and Mayhem in New Orlean's Miserable Shelter: Lessons from the Dome

Reuters ^ | September 2, 2005 | Mark Egan

[Archidamus]

"To you the stats say nonwhites are bad people"

No, but they sure do discredit your drivel that "There are just as many bad white people as bad non-white people". Percentagewise, there is no comparison.

[millefleur]

To: Liberty Ship She said she found a dead 14-year old girl at 5 a.m. on Friday morning, four hours after the young girl went missing from her parents inside the convention center. "She was raped for four hours until she was dead," Joseph said through tears. "Another child, a seven-year old boy was found raped and murdered in the kitchen freezer last night." @#$%^&*!! How could a commotion like that be missed??? 259 posted on 09/03/2005 1:36:41 PM EDT by drlevy88

This woman,Joseph, who found the dead 14 yo, she had knowledge of how long the child had been missing. She knows the race of the parents. So what is the race of the child?

[latina4dubya]

A story of a black woman photographed in the company of looters labeled a looter next to a photo of a white woman witnessed collecting things floating by not called a looter is plastered over every newspaper as a national embarrassment.

what? i cannot make sense of this very long sentence...

[american spirit]

Read later

[LibWhacker]

Where were all the decent men in there?

That's just it, there weren't any.

[elfman2]

[smile] It's not my best work. If you follow the link in #179 it will make more sense.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The governor is a white woman. You think her color helped her get elected?

[little jeremiah]

BUMP. To the top.

[little jeremiah]

I fervently hope that your astute comments receive the wide reception they warrant.


Anyone who hasn't read Dems_R_Losers' comments MUST read them.

[Joe Boucher]

I lived in D.C. for two years.
Felt the local police were just waiting for a pension like most public employees.
Have a good one.

[Joe Boucher]

Probably true, cake to pacify the masses whatever that may be, but whenever you have misery you have opportunity, (lawyers and politicians can make hay here).

[Archidamus]

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Table 13.

Number of inmates in State or Federal prisons

and local jails, by gender, race,

Hispanic origin

June 30, 2004

 

Male                                                                

Total                 White               Black               Hispanic                       

1,947,800          695,800             842,500             366,800

 

Female

Total                 White               Black                Hispanic

183,400             81,700             67,700             28,600

 

An estimated 12.6% of black males,

3.6% of Hispanic males, and

1.7% of white males in their

late twenties were in prison or jail.

 

At midyear 2004 there were 4,919 black male prison

and jail inmates per 100,000 black males in the United States,

compared to 1,717 Hispanic male inmates

per 100,000 Hispanic males

and 717 white male inmates per 100,000 white males.

 

[Yaelle]

New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin squandered his moment of opportunity to become a hero; squandered his opportunity to be the spark igniting those things that are noble, courageous, and gallant.

Nagin, a failed hero, encouraged no one, urged no one, to "become" that legend of his time....a star to shine from out this darkess and forever into the future.

I like what you are saying. Imagine instead of swearing at the world and begging for Daddy to save his city, if he had gone down with a megaphone to the Dome or the Convention Center and said

"People, you are the survivors of a disaster of epic proportions! Help is on its way, but government can't be everywhere at the right times to help us. WE MUST HELP EACH OTHER! We are strong! We are New Orleansians [or whatever they call themselves]!

"I know you are hungry! I know you are thirsty! But turn to your neighbor! Help him get by! Help those with children and babies! Help your Mommas and Papas, the elderly among you! Let the world see that this storm has washed away our THINGS, has even washed away the 21st century from us, but it has NOT WASHED AWAY OUR HUMANITY! Our kindness! Our love!

"Do not fight amongst yourselves! Lend a hand to stop others from squabbling in frustration! Do not allow the brute, the thief, the murderer among you! You are strong enouigh to throw evildoers from your midst! Do it!

"WE WILL SURVIVE THIS.

Make yourselves PROUD of how you are enduring! This is not the end! Let us climb over this obstacle together!"

[crail]

Oh, I see what you're so commited to showing me. We should excuse black or hispanic people who commit crimes because it's part of who they are... they can't help it. Why fight nature, eh? Well let's consider this matter closed, you've done a good job of giving freepers a bad name, and liberals ammo when they call conservatives racists.

[nicmarlo]

Exactly! It could have been a very proud moment for the people and mayor of New Orleans....a story told throughout the ages....but he failed to do any such thing that was right....and now, in large part because of him, that story can never be told.

[Archidamus]

When you are wrong, you are wrong.

The classy thing do when you are wrong is to acknowledge it and move on.

[Nov3]

With the rotors of President George W. Bush's helicopter sounding overhead, With the rotors of President George W. Bush's helicopter sounding overhead, New Orleans' poor and downtrodden recounted tales of murder, rape, death threats and near starvation since Hurricane Katrina wrecked this city.

With the glug, glug, glug sound of this reporter's water bottle in front of them, With the rotors of President George W. Bush's helicopter sounding overhead, New Orleans' poor and downtrodden recounted tales of murder, rape, death threats and near starvation since Hurricane Katrina wrecked this city.

[crail]

I'm wrong on what? You think you've convinced me that white is a superior race?!? I just know when I'm not going to convince someone. You should learn the same, and we'll go our seperate ways. I'm just not interested in arguing with you over something which I can hardly belive there are people around who still belive. Something I can hardly believe God fearing Conservatives could entertain. What really have you proved man, I asked for statistics in context, you give more out of context statistics and declare victory. You and your kind are a dying breed. But take your statistics and flatter someone else.

Now if you'll excuse me... it's a long weekend and I have beer to drink and fish to cook.

[Jimmy Valentine]

You are correct. That would be all right if they did a little policing along the way. Remember that they searched all over the spot where Chandra Levy died and never found her; it was a guy walking his dog.

If there is a murder in the City, there is about a 10% chance that the killer will be identified by the cops, no more.

Thanks, got a good one, could stand to have a longer one.... ;]