[Chucky is a girlie man]

September 04, 2005 at 15:13:4 PDT

Police Kill Five Contractors on La. Bridge

ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -

0904dv-hurricaneupdate Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six, a deputy chief said. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal.

The contractors were walking across a bridge on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to fix the 17th Street Canal, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Corps.

Earlier Sunday, New Orleans Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six.

The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.

No other details were immediately available.

[aculeus]

Just a thank you for keeping up with this crazily-reported story.

[LibertyRocks]

WWLTV reported a few minutes ago that CONTRACTORS WERE SHOT by the NOPD...3rd change in story on the AP wire. Repeat - now reporting contracters were killed.

They will not report again till get some kind of real confirmation on who is dead and who is not, etc...

[ZULU]

Looks likew th NOPD is worth about as much as a barrel of sand in the Sahara Desert.

[OldFriend]

Dear G-d.

Prayers for the good samaritans that are trying to help.

The evil ones don't want their city to be saved before they're finished looting it.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Its the New Orleans police,what did you expect?Fox news even caught them looting a store the other night so who's side are they on anyway?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Now that we know it was the bad guys and not the contractors hit, I say "Good job!" It's ridiculous that a bunch of looters are shooting at rescue and repair forces. They like the anarchy they're living in and they want it to continue. Screw that, take those bums out!

When the NO looters were shooting at rescue helicopters, I wanted to see Cobra and Apache gunships go in and do some pest control. If those scumbags started shooting at the gunships, it would be the sorriest and shortest day of their lives.

[TomGuy]

MSNBC showing the incident now.

Part of it was caught on tape.

[wardaddy]

finally.....hang them from pikes with beware placards around their necks like the Newgate of lore

[Richard Axtell]

Not sure if am, but I would be brazen enough to name this shootout, as, "The Shootout at the NO Corral." ...might as well.

[voteconstitutionparty]

Story A

Story B

Story C

Let me know when Story D comes out.

[RightWhale]

It shows really poor judgement to open fire on a police convoy. These citizens may not have completed the recommended course work in the public school system.

[Eternal_Bear]

Big Thumbs up!!! Let's get em all!