New Orleans police chief defends officers

AP ^ | 9/5/5 | MELINDA DESLATTE

[hadaclueonce]

"They ran out of ammunition"

During the Y2K scare, people invested in gold, generators, food and water. Not me, I bought ammo. I am still good to go.

[RasterMaster]

Flash would have done a better job than "chief" Bumpass Compass.

[Flint]

Ran out of ammunition? I sure would like to know how. Were they in such intense fire fights that they shot up all their ammo? If so how many terrorists did they take out?

I simply ain't buying this one. It sounds like that I may have more ammunition in my closet then they had in the whole city. They couldn't ask for a military air drop of a few cases? Something stinks with this story.

[hadaclueonce]

Something stinks with this story Amen brother! Can we get another Amen?

[lawdude]

"...his officers held their ground without food, water and even ammunition in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."

Where the hell did the ammo go? They sure as hell weren't shooting at anyone!

[LaineyDee]

Where's that Pic of Barney Fife?

[Nov3]

And they ran out of ammunition?

Sorry, folks, but this statement just boggles the mind. And the MSM hasn't picked-up on it?

I got an e-mail about two men going into NO to get their stuff. They were carrying guns when they came up on two cops and the cops didn't even go for theirs. It was surreal obvious looting and people carry loot and the cops standing around with two armed men they didn't know. They asked the cops about where thy were going and the cops said he had no clue and no radio and asked for ammo. The cops only had a few rounds between them.

I thought the e-mail was a hoax and deleted it. Evidentily it was not a hoax.

[syriacus]

Yep. Both of 'em

Cop One and Cop Two?

If only two stayed then they deserve even more praise.

[Arpege92]

Excellent video.

[Alia]

heh. I spoke with some who got their news solely from the MSM -- they'd never heard of the Governor of NO. Never heard the name or even any mention of the Governor's actions or inactions.

[Alia]

Thank you for the voice of reason, Nov3. NOLA did *not* provide for the people of NOLA. Blows my mind that some haven't even considered that the NOLA officials did not provide for the NOPD -- EITHER.

And the truth is, the NOLA officials did NOT provide for the NOPD. Wouldn't declare martial law; used them for search and rescue. No gas, no declaration pre-Katrina for assistance by the National Guard. No gas, no food, no boats, NO BUSES.

But a couple of shots of people wearing NOPD uniforms looting. Maybe they were NOPD, maybe they weren't.

Has anyone positively identified the two NOPD looters by name, as actually having been NOPD? I haven't read that yet. Anyone hear any reporter ASK the Chief directly if he'd seen the video of those two female "nopd" looters?

The chain of command to the NOPD was **virtually*** non-existent.

Second, these cops were on "active duty". Therefore, it would have been OUT of their job to have LOOTED, no? Common sense "survivalism" be damned, if you are still "active duty" and now being hit for not having looted stores for ammo.

3rd. Two cops going to Las Vegas. NO possibly has a contract with a "care facility" in Las Vegas. I don't know whether this is so or not.

I do know that when nurses and others in the "helping/protection" lines of work have problems, there's a policy, and a place, specific places where they are supposed to go to.

[SmithL]

Where the hell did the ammo go?

Looters took them.

[SmithL]

The cops who 1) stayed and 2) did their job are heroes.

Amen to that, but those were the ones that performed IN SPITE of the lack of leadership.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

WOW! Thanks for the video.

That was funny, sad, and pathetic at the same time. I wonder if these 2 cops will be wearing the shoes on their free weeks vacation?

[JerseyHighlander]

The replays on this thread disgust me, and a large number of Freepers. We're talking about a situation more akin to the siege of Sarajevo, or the US presence in Mogadishu. The NYPD, had their own challenges, but they were highly isolated. Less than 1/2 of a square mile and perimeter security. All of the innocent victims except a handful of those pulled out in the first seconds of the collapse, were dead in less than 4 hours.

Every officer on the NOPD has lost someone they know personally, some have lost their entire world as they knew it, and people on here are disparaging them. It's disgusting.

(That being said, there are legitimate questions about corruption within the NOPD.)

[America's Resolve]

"We had no food. We had no water. We ran out of ammunition. We had no vehicles. We were fighting in waist deep water that was infected and polluted," he said.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Never heard of the term 'self-sufficient' apparently.

[America's Resolve]

I think New Orleans is suffering from a LOT of bad karma.

Well, when the first official bit of business is sending all its cops to "Sin city" and its first unofficial bit of biz is having a "gay pride" celebration instead of a celebration of thanks to the good Lord for being alive, yeah, I'd say a LOT of bad karma.

[America's Resolve]

NOPD

NO P.D. - How very appropriate considering the context :)