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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: mware
So who are the 5 or 6 killed?? This latest of many changing stories has the actual thugs being killed.
To: mware; Peach; Dog; nicmarlo
Whew!! Be still my pounding heart.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:15 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(I'm a proud adorer of the Cross. Up yours, Zarqawi.)
To: ktvaughn
The other thread called the victims, "thugs" .It may be an accurate characterization after all.
To: DakotaRed
AP just jumped the shark..
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:27 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Chucky is a girlie man
As soon as I saw the initial report on FNC my antenna went up. Something was not right. I have seen New Orleans cops in action. They are trigger-happy, and about as professional as Barney Fife. They have a long record of corruption equal that of Louisiana politicians.
They couldn't shoot looters, but they managed to shoot good guys. Until the mess is over the entire New Orleans police department needs to be disbanded. They could go to the luxurious spots where the aldermen are holed up with their families and provide a security detail.
205
posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:30 PM PDT
by
billnaz
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
To: sandyeggo
Blood pressure going back down again.
206
posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:35 PM PDT
by
conservativebabe
(God Bless Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida)
To: MEG33
thanks for the clarification
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:43 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Catch a looter for Louisiana...Looter elimination for fun and profit....see you nearest recruiter)
To: msnimje
How are they going to spin this so that it is Bush's fault?As a preemptive move, someone needs to post that picture of the school buses.
To: section9
Okay, correction. Looks like NOLA got this right.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:25:55 PM PDT
by
section9
(Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
To: Mo1
Can you imagine the families of the army corp of engineers felt hearing that story.
Just damn.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:04 PM PDT
by
mware
(Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
To: tpmintx
Are you brand spankin' new or a retread?
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:09 PM PDT
by
swheats
To: Echo Talon
This things is FUBARd completely.....
To: PureSolace
Fox said that the contractors had made contact to correct the story. I hope this is correct, too.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:11 PM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(W00t! IBTZ ! FP! w00t!)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
This is horrible! What a lack of communications amoung everyone working on the ground over there! This is so terrible.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:11 PM PDT
by
txgirl4Bush
(I Support President Bush and Operation Iraqi Freedom)
To: Mo1
no info on CNN right now.....Anderson Cooper on CNN lobbing softballs to Blanco mouthpiece James Lee Witt blaming Bush for cutting levee funding...
To: rwfromkansas
So, who fired first?
No one did. First is still there.
Then who shot second?
Second? The second bunch fired and they were killed first.
First? I thought first was still there.
No, first is now on third.
The third one was killed?
No, five in all were killed?
So, four were killed and a fifth was found under the floor?
Yes, it is New Orleans, you know...
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:15 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: prairiebreeze
Whew!! Be still my pounding heart. Be still my spinning head!
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:16 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
The shooting is just beginning. There will be dead thugs floating all over NO in 24 hours. Get a grip people.....
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:46 PM PDT
by
ScreamingFist
(Peace through Stupidity. NRA)
To: billnaz
READ THE WHOLE THREAD, PLEASE. There have been three (3) versions of this story--CNN, AP, and Fox. AP said contractors were shot by police.
CNN and FOX said contractors were shot at by thugs, police then killed thugs.
Prayers again!
219
posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: mhking
"I'm not dead yet!" Monty Pythonesque, you're right!
220
posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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