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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
Big Thumbs up!!! Let's get em all!
To: Belasarius
Some of the Guard from states like Oklahoma are now federalized working for FEMA after our Lt Gov called a state of emergency so they could work for FEMA and OK would have the money to supply our Guard.
542
posted on
09/04/2005 5:05:17 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
To: uncbob
The ones that kept their necklaces probably drowned due to the weight. Bling-Bling is heavy you know.
543
posted on
09/04/2005 5:05:28 PM PDT
by
Wacka
To: Doogle
There was a lot of hand wringing going on, but you have to admit, the Kerry campaign couldnt have been funnier if Mad Magazine was in charge. Gin soaked raisins, being painted orange, the gratuitous murder of a goose (that quote isnt mine, I read it here from a poster) the same bussed in union thugs in all different locations, commies for kerry, the list goes on. John effin doesnt know it, but he is a very funny man..
544
posted on
09/04/2005 5:06:40 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
To: Belasarius
Apparently, the idiot gov of LA hasn't made the necessary declaration to federalize anything (except perhaps the health aspect...but I defer to others who can give more specifics)...apparently, she's afraid that if the Feds have the power, they may make her look stupid or something....she's already achieved that though.
To: cardinal4
the blue "clean suit" was one of the best
LOL
Doogle
546
posted on
09/04/2005 5:11:13 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
To: Doogle
LOL! That pic wins hands down!
547
posted on
09/04/2005 5:11:58 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
To: cardinal4
"There was a lot of hand wringing going on, but you have to admit, the Kerry campaign couldnt have been funnier if Mad Magazine was in charge. Gin soaked raisins, being painted orange, the gratuitous murder of a goose (that quote isnt mine, I read it here from a poster) the same bussed in union thugs in all different locations, commies for kerry, the list goes on. John effin doesnt know it, but he is a very funny man.."
I agree totally with your point. But I've got to add one thing. You skipped referring to the event that initiated what to me was the most hilarious thread ever read on FR. That was John effing Kerry's attempted first pitch for the Red socks.
To: SolomoninSouthDakota
I agree totally with your point. But I've got to add one thing. You skipped referring to the event that initiated what to me was the most hilarious thread ever read on FR. That was John effing Kerry's attempted first pitch for the Red socks.I forgot about that. A returning soldier from Afghanistan? Iraq? was pre-empted so Kerry could throw into the dirt. One shudders to think of what the situation Louisiana would be if he was President..
549
posted on
09/04/2005 5:15:23 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
To: cardinal4
some FReeper had an excellent photo of mr hienzzzzz coming out of a corn field with "Daffy" in his mitts that had made
chucklin for days
Doogle
550
posted on
09/04/2005 5:15:51 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
Comment #551 Removed by Moderator
To: jacquej
Control yourself. Nothing surprising about this. Kill more of those ambushers/murderers and you'll find order returning. Good citizens will appreciate being protected, not left to the wolves.
552
posted on
09/04/2005 5:36:13 PM PDT
by
brushcop
(We lift up our military serving in harm's way and pray for total victory and a safe return.)
To: cardinal4
I believe you are right about the preempted soldier from Afghanistan. Skerry, though, didn't even make it to the dirt. The ball took a bounce in the grass, if I remember right, and I know the catcher, God bless the chap, couldn't even get the ball contained and it went by him. But that thread was a riot--in a good sense!
To: brushcop
Thanks for the smack upside my ol' haid... I needed that. Blood pressure retruning to normal now...
Drive on, Ranger....
554
posted on
09/04/2005 5:54:49 PM PDT
by
jacquej
To: HateBill
The helicopter that just crashed went down near the same bridge...hrmm *
555
posted on
09/04/2005 5:56:31 PM PDT
by
wolficatZ
( + ><))))*> + __\0/___/|__..Higgens - "Zeus...Apollo.....PATROL!"....)
To: dk88
Now AP says the contracters were fired on by a group of men - police took out THOSE gunmen!!!Right! I understood that from the beginning. You have armed men walking on a bridge shooting at unarmed men. The police were escorting the contractors and returned fire. What is the beef about that?
556
posted on
09/04/2005 6:02:48 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: SamAdams76
That was kind of a big point to misstate. I mean,....damn.
To: cardinal4
"One shudders to think of what the situation Louisiana would be if he was President"
Why shudder? We all know Kerry walks on water, heals the sick... Why this would have just been a local problem, no need to trouble his highness!
558
posted on
09/04/2005 6:07:37 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Sane, and have the papers to prove it!)
To: layman
Good Luck. You may never get that. Who are you expecting reports from? If it is from the New Orleans Police Dept as a sole source, I suggest you ask for another.
I am not trying to blame NO's finest, I am passing on info of Police looting that was confirmed by eye witnesses from the Convention Center. Draw your own from that--I have nothing further.
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