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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: Graybeard58
I'm glad it's not true and that innocent contractors are OK. That the NO police killed a thug sniper.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:26:58 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(***)
To: mware
Thats the American media....spout off first....check facts last....ask Dan Rather.
Remember Fake but accurate.
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:02 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Admin Moderator
Thanks for that update in the title.
223
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:06 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: billnaz
Wow what a crazy half-hour.
224
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:06 PM PDT
by
badgerbengal
(close the border and open fire.)
To: Doe Eyes
Confirmed, contractors shot at and NO police killed the shooters.
To: JellyJam
I didn't think they would've shot at contractors; they would know who's who. In fact, I bet the contractors wear orange vests or something to identify them. That would be a good idea (I hadn't thought of that...wearing orange vests)...and it wouldn't make sense to just shoot a people walking...well, at least not by those who are in Law Enforcement.
To: Libertarian444
http://www.cnn.com/
BREAKING NEWS AP: Army Corps of Engineers says police killed some of its workers as they crossed a bridge on the way to repair a canal. More soon
To: mhking
It turns out the police shot the person/people that were shooting at the contractors.
228
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:24 PM PDT
by
World'sGoneInsane
(LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
To: Mo1
AP has changed this story 3 times in the last hour! three times! Next time AP's Ron Fournier asks a dumb question, I hope President Bush rattles his chain good!
AP should be the laughing stock over this one!
229
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:27 PM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@ God Bless President Bush As the MSM and Democrats Seek To Destroy Him.com)
To: tiredoflaundry
CNN reports a gunMAN (I'm guessing one) was killed after firing on Army Engineers crossing the bridge..
230
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:38 PM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Honest officer, I wasn't speeding.....I was qualifying)
To: SpringheelJack
Your gut, was bang-on right.
231
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:41 PM PDT
by
Alia
To: infidel29
Thanks for the correction AP, now that the frenzy is over, apologize for the error.
232
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:44 PM PDT
by
infidel29
("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
The Danziger Bridge:
Fox now saying bad guys shot at contractors and cops took out the bad guys.
Sounds like "the fog of war"...
233
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:46 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Iraq & Afghanistan: Bush's "Bug-Zappers"...)
To: hole_n_one
UPDATE ALERT.
AP reporting that Army Corp of Engineers were shot at by gangsters and it is the gangsters who are dead.
Army Corp of Engineers are alive!!!!!
234
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:49 PM PDT
by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
To: Dog
No Jim...this time I don't think he's dead..
235
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:50 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: MEG33
>>THE CONTRACTORS WERE SHOT AT>>
THE POLICE KILLED THE BAD GUYS<<
Well. I hope the latest spin on the story is the truth. But it sure has been fascinating reading the different takes from different folk with each spin of the story! You know we're all guilty with our appetite for instant news in creating the demand that ends in these things being misreported.... That observation aside - I'm still glued to all news sources here!
To: Dog
The AP was chum on that story.
237
posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:52 PM PDT
by
mware
(Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
...latest update has the bad guys being shot.
according to FOX,contractora working up levee...bad guy (s)
shoot at contractors....cops take out bad guy (s)
Doogle
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:27:57 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
This is sounding more and more like Iraq. What in Gods name is wrong with that city.
239
posted on
09/04/2005 3:28:11 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: tiredoflaundry
Oh don't we know it. Between their Bush-hating agenda and their incompetence, the lamestream media is going to get innocent people killed before this is all over.
240
posted on
09/04/2005 3:28:12 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(I'm a proud adorer of the Cross. Up yours, Zarqawi.)
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