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Police Kill Five on La. Bridge(UPDATE CONTRACTORS WERE SHOT AT: THE NOPD shot BAD GUYS)
CNN, AP BREAKING ^
Posted on 09/04/2005 3:16:13 PM PDT by Chucky is a girlie man
Edited on 09/04/2005 4:02:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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New Orleans PD shot contractors - not thugs - on bridge
Mod point of clarification: The first 100 or so replies below were posted in reaction to reports that the contractors had been fatally shot.
Mod Update
The Associated Press
Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people carrying guns, killing five or six.
Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breech in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
None of the contractors was killed, Hall said.
The bridge spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details were immediately available.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: abridgetoofar; ap; assininepress; banglist; battleofneworleans; civiliancontractors; corpsofengineers; danzigerbridge; deadthugs; domesticunrest; fakebutaccurate; katrina; muslimextremist; nolaaftermath; nopd; thugs
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To: Chucky is a girlie man
Glad I didn't post my thoughts on that other thread...
141
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:34 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: cake_crumb
no residents killed either. Ex-residents ???
142
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:34 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(And so it was in the days of Noah ...)
To: PureSolace
The other thread called the victims, "thugs" . You have to ask?
To: Chucky is a girlie man
This just in from Fox News: The contractors were not killed. The "bad guys" were.
To: Chucky is a girlie man
wrong , thugs took shots at the contractors , who were not hit and the PD took out the thugs killing some/most
145
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:46 PM PDT
by
injin
To: Wolfie
Latest info on Fox says contractors shot at, nobody killedAre you saying that the AP could possibly be WRONG! NOT POSSIBLE!!! -sarcasm
146
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:47 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: All
My father in law works for HNTB....this is great news that they are OK!
147
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:47 PM PDT
by
LA Woman3
(On election day, they were driven to the polls...On evacuation day, they had to fend for themselves)
To: JellyJam
Thanks....I read your post before I posted...
148
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:48 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(Home of the free, because of the Brave.....do you understand that Cindy?)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Thank goodness...This is WRONG.
CBS just issued a correction saying army corps were shot at by a gunman and the police opened fire upon that gunman and killed him.
The contractors are fine.
149
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:52 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: dts32041
Okay, enough. Bush needs to step in and make this area a Military District NOW. Too many John Wayne asstards running around.
I had a feeling this was gonna be bad.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
150
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:54 PM PDT
by
section9
(Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
To: Howlin
FNC is reporting they contractors were shot at .. but not killed
151
posted on
09/04/2005 3:22:59 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: headsonpikes
The Army Corps of Engineers says the contractors were shot at, then police shot fatally the gunmen who fired on the contractors. That's better. It was reported on the AP incorrectly.
152
posted on
09/04/2005 3:23:04 PM PDT
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: nicmarlo
The Army Corps of Engineers says the contractors were shot at, then police shot fatally the gunmen who fired on the contractors. The contractors were not killed, the Army Corps said. NOW that makes more sense. Now everybody who dissed the poor NOLA police please apologize.
To: JellyJam
Thanks. Heaven forbid the media does their job correctly.
To: Clara Lou
UPDATE: The contractors were shot at, not killed. The person shooting at them was killed. [per FOX]
Yep, Thank God.
155
posted on
09/04/2005 3:23:14 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man; Howlin; All
THE CONTRACTORS WERE SHOT AT>>
THE POLICE KILLED THE BAD GUYS<<new from Fox..still checking it out
156
posted on
09/04/2005 3:23:16 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Contractors were NOT killed, they were fired upon and the police shot the ones doing the firing. Hope the admin mod can amend the title!
157
posted on
09/04/2005 3:23:18 PM PDT
by
djf
(Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
To: Clara Lou
I hope that's the right story. Who knows, anymore.
To: manwiththehands
I expect this thread will be Super Zotted as well...
159
posted on
09/04/2005 3:23:21 PM PDT
by
Birdsbane
(If You Are Employed By A Liberal Democrat...Quit!)
To: Echo Talon
Just goes to show that police do not know how to deal with honest citizens. It is police/non-police for them.
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