Police Kill Five on La. Bridge(UPDATE CONTRACTORS WERE SHOT AT: THE NOPD shot BAD GUYS)

CNN, AP BREAKING ^

[Chucky is a girlie man]

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.

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Mod Update

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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.

[Mr. Mojo]

So who are the 5 or 6 killed??

This latest of many changing stories has the actual thugs being killed.

[prairiebreeze]

Whew!! Be still my pounding heart.

[hole_n_one]

The other thread called the victims, "thugs" .

It may be an accurate characterization after all.

[Dog]

AP just jumped the shark..

[billnaz]

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.

[conservativebabe]

Blood pressure going back down again.

[Americanwolf]

thanks for the clarification

[Doe Eyes]

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.

[section9]

Okay, correction. Looks like NOLA got this right.

[mware]

Can you imagine the families of the army corp of engineers felt hearing that story.

Just damn.

[swheats]

Are you brand spankin' new or a retread?

[BurbankKarl]

This things is FUBARd completely.....

[Clara Lou]

Fox said that the contractors had made contact to correct the story. I hope this is correct, too.

[txgirl4Bush]

This is horrible! What a lack of communications amoung everyone working on the ground over there! This is so terrible.

[Libertarian444]

no info on CNN right now.....Anderson Cooper on CNN lobbing softballs to Blanco mouthpiece James Lee Witt blaming Bush for cutting levee funding...

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

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...

[tiredoflaundry]

Whew!! Be still my pounding heart.

Be still my spinning head!

[ScreamingFist]

The shooting is just beginning. There will be dead thugs floating all over NO in 24 hours. Get a grip people.....

[grey_whiskers]

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!

[headsonpikes]

"I'm not dead yet!"

Monty Pythonesque, you're right!