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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
Good God.
President Bush need to federalize the entire operation down there if this is true -- way too much local confusion and lack of control. NOPD should be discharged of their duties immediately. Absolutely tragic and idiotic.
81
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:29 PM PDT
by
mjwise
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Hope this one stays--have been chasing threads looking for info.
82
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:30 PM PDT
by
Protect the Bill of Rights
(Sooner or later Ted is going to swing the camera over to Orlando's head!)
To: JellyJam
Please let this be the accurate account.
83
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:32 PM PDT
by
swheats
To: All
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.
84
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:33 PM PDT
by
mware
(Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
To: madison10
85
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:35 PM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(Stupid people make my brain sad.)
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.
Oh. Thank goodness.
86
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:43 PM PDT
by
zoso82t
To: Chucky is a girlie man
NOW can the Feds take over? This whole thing just...jeez I dont know. I was preaching patience before finger pointing, but now I want Blanco indicted along with the mayor for negligence..
87
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:46 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
To: GeorgiaDawg32
88
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:48 PM PDT
by
JellyJam
(Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Whew - this is better now.
89
posted on
09/04/2005 3:20:57 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: JellyJam
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. NOW STATING SAME ON FOX....thanks JellyJam
90
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:02 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
To: Bertha Fanation
That's right, the President personally hired those contractors. You're a troll.
To: Motherbear
Oh, dear God, this is terrible. I pray that You bring peace to this area soon.
I'll do my best?????????????
92
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:09 PM PDT
by
WhiteGuy
(Vote for gridlock - Make the elected personally liable for their wasteful spending)
To: JellyJam
Thanks for posting that report..
93
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:09 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Sad beyond belief. This gets more tragic by the day.
94
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:10 PM PDT
by
WasDougsLamb
(just my opinion. Go easy on me.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
No army contractors killed and apparently no residents killed either.
95
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:14 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Rest in peace, Justice Rehnquist May Scalia or Thomas be appointed to replace you)
To: WhiteGuy
These local idiots are intimidated by looters and thugs and then kill contract engineers working for the United States. There's something called the Insurrection Act which allows the Feds the federalize the whole operation down in New Orleans, and now would be excellent time to do so.
96
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:18 PM PDT
by
BCrago66
To: madison10
The first one was pulled I suppose because: 1) it was full of racially charged implications 2)it said "thugs" were shot & killed I was reading the other thread when it got pulled.
Over 400 posts (I had only made it to about 300) and it was becomig a Troll-Fest.
Prayers for ALL!
97
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:18 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: dk88
It IS wrong - Now AP says the contracters were fired on by a group of men - police took out THOSE gunmen!!!Thank God. I don't think I could have stood that. I hear Fox doing a correction now. The contractors were shot at and were NOT killed. The cops took out the bad guys.
98
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:19 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Tim Russert is a poopy-head)
To: WhiteGuy
UPDATE: The contractors were shot at, not killed. The person shooting at them was killed. [per FOX]
99
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:20 PM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(W00t! IBTZ ! FP! w00t!)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
100
posted on
09/04/2005 3:21:21 PM PDT
by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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