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New Orleans police chief defends officers
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| 9/5/5
| MELINDA DESLATTE
Posted on 09/05/2005 5:33:12 PM PDT by SmithL
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I'm OK, you're OK, everything is just fine.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:33:13 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Geez, I would think city officials would of had a stash of supplies for just such emergencies.
To: SmithL
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:35:51 PM PDT
by
Archidamus
(We are wise because we are not so highly educated as to look down on our laws and customs)
To: SmithL
"between 400 and 500 officers on the 1,600-member police force are unaccounted for"
I don't know, why ask me? I'm just the Police Chief. I don't know where they are or where they went. I don't know how many are on duty or available for duty. I'm just the Chief.
Ask Bush!
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:36:39 PM PDT
by
Prost1
(New AG, Berger is still free, copped a plea! I still get my news from FR!)
To: Archidamus
I take it that the Chief isn't about to comment on that video. I doubt if he'll ever be called on it either.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:37:39 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: SmithL
Unfortunately for this "whatever it is" people have eyes to see and ears to hear!
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:37:41 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: SmithL
"At a news conference earlier Monday in New Orleans, Deputy Police Superintendent Warren Riley said between 400 and 500 officers on the 1,600-member police force are unaccounted for."
Check the Walmarts.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:38:20 PM PDT
by
Archidamus
(We are wise because we are not so highly educated as to look down on our laws and customs)
To: SmithL
They ran out of ammunition? The looting policemen ran out of ammunition?
Uh-oh.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:39:28 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: SmithL
"As for reports that police stood by while women were raped and people were beaten, the chief responded: "Are you crazy? We did everything that was humanly possible to protect human life."
They also did everything in their power to protect private property.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:41:41 PM PDT
by
Archidamus
(We are wise because we are not so highly educated as to look down on our laws and customs)
To: SmithL
"In the annals of history, no police department in the history of the world was asked to do what we (were) asked," Compass said with a mix of anger and pride. No, I suppose not. And no police department in the world that I know of has ever shown themselves to be so utterly incapable of doing their basic duties, either. I suppose the NYPD and FD might have said the same thing. But what a difference in the way they performed. Maybe it had something to do with their leadership?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:45:25 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
To: csvset
And those two will be some of the first to get to Vegas for some R&R. It was soooo hard pushing that cart around Wal-Mart they will probably have to go on disability and worker's comp for thier back injuries.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:47:54 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
To: Dog Gone
Walmart still sells ammo don't they?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:48:04 PM PDT
by
bethelgrad
(for God, country, the Marine Corps, and now the Navy Chaplain Corps OOH RAH!)
To: SmithL
Hey Eddie howcome a good percentage of your force went awol? In you defence there were a good number of officers that were doing there job under trying circumstances. But to many were missing in action.
To: SmithL
that's funny, all I saw them do for days was loot stuff.
To: SmithL
They didn't desert in droves and yet fully one-third of them are unaccounted for.
And they ran out of ammunition?
Sorry, folks, but this statement just boggles the mind. And the MSM hasn't picked-up on it?
Can you imagine if the police chief were white?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:50:42 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
To: SmithL
[Compass] said the department was doing a roll call. Do what? "Doing" a roll call? Present tense? A week after the storm?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:51:42 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("The coffee is strong at Cafe du Monde, the doughnuts are too hot to touch..." Save the Big Greasy!)
To: SmithL
They couldn't cross the bridge to get supplies!?!
This storm was a Eastbank event for New Orleans, not an Westbank event. There was very little wind damage from the storm on the west wall, the Westbank was relatively untouched (shingles still on most roofs), flooding was the problem. Since we are looking at possible transportation issues for those stranded at the Dome, see the image below.
However, besides plenty of buses (shown below), there were many water towers that were unaffected, tons of trucking centers with available trucks (hotwire if you need too) and supplies in warehouses that had a COMPLETELY DRY ROUTE TO THE DOME! Why didn't the Mayor/Governor use the resources available?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:52:18 PM PDT
by
BushCountry
(They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.)
To: bethelgrad
Walmart still sells ammo don't they? My brother lives in Baton Rouge and he said he tried to top off his supply of ammo right when the refugees were ebing moved into town... He said WalMart turned him away and weren't selling guns or ammo to anyone cause of the situation there... The next night there were reports of gun stores and pawn shops being broken into a robbed.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:44 PM PDT
by
PureSolace
(God save us all)
To: Parley Baer
That's NOLA Police Commissioner Eddie ( lost my moral) Compass..to you..
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:55 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
To: SmithL
I think New Orleans is suffering from a LOT of bad karma.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:54:59 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(Recall Barbara Boxer)
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