A Blockbuster Report [New Orleans was already MURDER CAPITAL of the US]

Gambit Weekly ^ | 2 - 10 - 04 | Allen Johnson, Jr.

[syriacus]

As the city's murder rate escalates, the NOPD is "bleeding police officers," states the new Police Foundation study.

The first major study of the New Orleans Police Department under Mayor Ray Nagin's administration promised to be what one source called a "blockbuster."

Requested by the mayor, commissioned by the private New Orleans Police Foundation and conducted by scholars at the University of New Orleans, the detailed report on NOPD's manpower crisis would, a second source predicted, "send shock waves through this city."

It didn't happen. Ironically, the police study, released on Jan. 8, became quickly swallowed up in a 24-hour news cycle of bloody crimes. [snip]

Last year, [2003] the report continues, the city had a murder rate that was nearly 10 times higher than the national average.

"New Orleans is facing a crisis: our police force is shrinking at the same time that our city has recaptured the distinguished title of 'murder capital' of the United States among major cities," the Foundation stated.

"We now have only about 1500 officers actually engaged in police work, down from 1700 three years ago. Not surprisingly, the reduction in police strength has been accompanied by steep increases in the number of murders.

A New Orleanian is now seven times more likely to be murdered than a New Yorker.

[uncbob]

but they were God-fearing, and they were more socially conservative than 95% of the population.

A lot still are and so are some white people who just like them yank the democrat lever come election day

Makes ya want to scream

[dfwgator]

The Zellocrats. God bless them, maybe one day they'll wake up.

[Old Professer]

Well, it is easy to see that you have plenty of opinions, likely enough to go around, but exactly why are you being so insulting in your manner?

I didn't say that my opinions were deserving of consideration because they were mine, I said only that opinions stated in open discourse need not be silenced as a means of consolidation.

You suggested a witch hunt, I think most of us can ignore the inane.

[Petronski]

Witch hunt? Good grief.


Ignore the inane but give it voice? Permitting virulently racist comments here is the equivalent of publishing them.

If you want a website publishing that crap, I suggest you start your own.

[rdb3]

A lot still are and so are some white people who just like them yank the democrat lever come election day

True.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.

[SE Mom]

It seems there is a fine line between tolerance of dispicable views and condoning them, eh?

[Petronski]

I'm under no compulsion to answer irrelevant questions.

So then, if you won't answer rdb3's question, you must not be entirely shameless.

[justshutupandtakeit]

The root of the problem is fear of Blacks by the mainstrean Americans and those who do not care to take the time to differentiate between the good and the bad do not help. Perhaps starting small to demonstrate the fact that the vast majority of Black crime is against other Blacks. The the 90% votes for outright enemies of freedom doesn't help around here. But things are better than they were when I was young in respect to freedom.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Chicago's cops are. As big a pit of corruption as Chicago is I cannot imagine such incompetence had it faced a similiar disaster. Certainly there would have been some looting but it would have been quickly contained by the Mayor and Governor RAT though they may be.

These Louisiana clowns are a disgrace even to their bribe grabbing, influence peddling demagogues of past Demcocrats. Huey Long would certainly have handled it infinitely better. I have never seen such incomptetence.

[syriacus]

I have never seen such incomptetence.

Nagin abandoned the poor of New Orleans, just like Kerry abandoned the people of South Vietnam and just like Cindy Sheehan wants to abandon the people of Iraq.

Nagin and Blanco were aware, I imagine, of this study which shows that poorer people do not move out of a hurricane's path as much as others do, and special steps need to be taken to protect them.

Citizen Hurricane Evacuation Behavior in Southeastern Louisiana: A Twelve Parish Survey Released by The Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Taskforce

And the study's conclusion (page 6) that

The number of low income residents who remain in harm’s way illustrates the need for both
education about the need to travel far enough¹
and
providing evacuation assistance to those without means²

1. I don't think Nagin mentioned to his citizens that they needed to evacuate at a distance to high land.
2. I don't have to ask if Nagin sent buses to evacuate them.

[Old Professer]

You are the one demanding the controls on this one; you should leave that up to the mods.

[Petronski]

I do leave it up to the mods. If I see racist crap, I point it out to the mods. They decide.


I'm not demanding anything. You keep twisting this into something about me--a clever tactic, but ultimately dishonest. It's not about me, it's about management. The owner and management of this site do not want the racist crap posted here.

[Old Professer]

Self-appointed hall monitors are always objectionable.

Rail as you will, I don't think that what has been posted here is virulent; tasteless, yes.

I see no need to continue this, have a good day.

[Petronski]

Self-appointed hall monitors are always objectionable.

That has nothing to do with me. Admin moderator made a comment on an earlier thread:

You all have to let us know of this, it's impossible for us to read every comment, but as soon as you notify us, we'll take action.

Read it here.

Rail as you will, I don't think that what has been posted here is virulent; tasteless, yes.

That speaks volumes about you.