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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
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posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:38 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Earlier thread stated that cops had shot at eight armed thugs on bridge, killed 6. Mods pulled it, wonder why??
To: Rokke; All
No, actually, Blanco will be the commission that investigates the incident. Remember, she's the one who built the wall that prevented ...
63
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:41 PM PDT
by
olde north church
(Glad I could be of help, Mr. Brooks.)
To: JellyJam
To: Mr. Mojo
Look before you leap.....
Second reports are that thugs were killed as the police tried to protect the contractors....
NeverGore :^)
65
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:47 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Get everybody out and blow the river levees. It's the only way to be sure.
To: Chucky is a girlie man
If this is true this shows how goddamn stupid and incompetent the New Orleans police are. We already know how cowardly many of them are when they deserted their jobs after the hurricane.
67
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:56 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(***)
To: JellyJam; Admin Moderator
From AP:
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.
OOPS!
Need yet a third thread!
68
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:56 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
OK, thats it. President Bush needs to Federalize New Orleans, clean out the city government and police. Have the US military in charge of everything. Tell the LA mayor and governor to go away and not come back.
Democrats in LA are not capable of handling this disaster.
69
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:57 PM PDT
by
Licensed-To-Carry
(Praise be to the LORD, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.)
To: mystery-ak
Came from AP ... I work at a newspaper.
70
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:57 PM PDT
by
JellyJam
(Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: JellyJam
Can't let the facts get in the way now can we....
71
posted on
09/04/2005 3:19:58 PM PDT
by
Normal4me
((it's called sarcasm!))
To: hole_n_one
I am sickened beyond words.
NO is totally out of control on the local and state levels.
The incompetents must step aside.
72
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:00 PM PDT
by
onyx
(North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
73
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:04 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: Echo Talon
WTF isn't martial law being declared, and the Nat Guard armed with live ammo, and the NOPD being sent to Las Vegas?... or anywhere? They're useless.
74
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:06 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: PureSolace
The other thread was Super Zotted...
75
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:07 PM PDT
by
Birdsbane
(If You Are Employed By A Liberal Democrat...Quit!)
To: dawn53
The first one was pulled I suppose because: 1) it was full of racially charged implications 2)it said "thugs" were shot & killed
To: JellyJam
I"m watching CNN that has no news..does this mean that bad guys were shooting at the contractors and the cops took them out??
77
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:13 PM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Honest officer, I wasn't speeding.....I was qualifying)
To: All
Looks like the police can't do anything right down there.
78
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:19 PM PDT
by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
Comment #79 Removed by Moderator
To: JellyJam
From AP: 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.Repeat is worth it.
80
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:29 PM PDT
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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