New Orleans police to be pulled off streets

Seattle Times ^ | September 5, 2005 | Chris Adams, Martin Merzer and Susannah A. Nesmith

[The Old Hoosier]

1) It won't be hard, since two-thirds of the cops abandoned their posts long ago.

2) Cops won't be out there looting any more, at least.

[conserv13]

I'm not. There were lots of suicides after Vietnam, and there have been lots of suicides of soldiers coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

[Prime Choice]

"I'm not going to sit back and let another one die," Nagin said.

Why not, Mr. Mayor? The first 10,000 you killed obviously didn't phase you...ya bleedin' idiot.

[Prime Choice]

There were lots of suicides after Vietnam, and there have been lots of suicides of soldiers coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

There's lots of suicides no matter what the situation. I don't think the stressors have anything to do with it. There's always going to be a certain number of mentally-disturbed and weak-willed people who will kill themselves over the most absurd things. Blaming external events for their personal shortcomings is just a cop-out.