NOPD Officer Accused Of Aggravated Rape

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[Tiger Smack]

this is a old story...someones trying to pass it off as a recent event. Thats just how some people are

[TexasTransplant]

NOLA PD had Death Row reserved for former NOLA PD, there was a time when everyone on Death Row was a former NOLA PD (4 of them)

That being said, Mayor Morial made it even worse for the citizens of New Orleans when he Implemented and Enforced the Residency requirement. (If you are a City Employee, you must live inside the City Limits)

Now it was common knowledge that the Mayor lived across the Lake, though he had an old nasty Pink House that he never stayed at inside City Limits, City Council spread themselves out in the Garden District and some of them were outside as well. MANY employees left even though they were just across the line, MANY employees are very happy that they left when they did, Morial wasn't anymore a Leader than Nagin is now, both sought the Office of Mayor for the same reason, and that was to fill their pockets with Tax Payer Money and to build a residual income for when they left office.

Leadership is not in their vocabulary, both are just Beneficial Victims, they benefit from others misfortune and others TAX Money.

When the investigation into Nagins piss poor leadership begins, they should go ahead and research Mark Morial as well, both were very overt with their Graft and Corruption.

TT

[BlackRain]

NOPD Shakeup Results In Reassignments For 5 Captains

UPDATED: 5:01 pm CDT August 3, 2005

NEW ORLEANS -- Following a July 15 memo stating that rising crime in the city would lead to changes at the New Orleans Police Department, it was disclosed Wednesday that several police captains are being reassigned.


First District Cmdr. Capt. Jeff Winn, a 20-year veteran, has been assigned as commander of Special Operations Tactical and SWAT units.

Third District Cmdr. Capt. James Scott, a 31-year veteran, has been assigned as commander of the 1st District.

Fifth District Cmdr. Capt. Lawrence Weathersby, a 20-year veteran, has been assigned to the administrative staff of the Operations Bureau.

Operations Bureau Administrative Staff Capt. John Bryson, a 25-year veteran, has been assigned as commander of the 5th District.

Traffic commander Capt. Donald Paisant, a 21-year veteran, has been assigned as commander of the 3rd District.

Special Operations Tactical and SWAT Cmdr. Capt. Harry Mendoza, a 30-year veteran, has been assigned as commander of Traffic.


The memo from Chief Operations Officer Warren Riley also called for fewer weekends off for officers and more crime-tracking meetings. It said there would be changes in the department unless "reasonable improvement" was made in the daily battle against crime.

The memo was dated just days before a rash of shootings in the Central City area.

The changes take effect Thursday.

http://www.wdsu.com/news/4806059/detail.html?subid=10100245

[msnimje]

No Soup for him. But does he still get to go to Vegas?

[fortunecookie]

NOPD was so corrupt, it was nearly disbanded once with the National Guard set to take over. Don't know why they stopped that plan, however.

It's always horrible to read about public service people whom we should be able to trust abusing their power and committing crimes. All the more horrible during a time of crisis. But let's review - Mayor and Gov not taking action, thousands of lives lost, blaming others for their failures, nanny state mentality. Little surprise then that the NOPD is so seemingly corrupt, they are following their leadership in misusing power, each in their own way.

[humblegunner]

He said the city, therefore, would pay the costs.

Which city would that be, Mr. Nagin???

[konaice]

The rape was 3 years ago, the arrest was Wednesday, so that makes it a new story.

[sit-rep]

They should shoot the bastard.

[BlackRain]

The problem is that New Orleans had a rising crime crisis and many corrupt cops just before the storm hit.

This is one of the reasons for the lawlessness in NO during the storm. Things were so bad in the police department leadership, they had to change captains in August 2005 -- like changing chair positions on the Titanic.

[Michael Goldsberry]

So, what's your deal?

Your agenda is:

1. Rape victim advocacy
2. Anti-New Orleans
3. Anti-Cop
4. Anti-Black

[Ditto]

Unfortunately, this type of behavior is not exclusive to New Orleans.

Very true, but the NOPD damn near has a copyright on it. These stories are nothing new. During a visit to the Big Easy over 20 years ago, I recall one cop holding up a liquor store and killing another off-duty cop/security guard in the process. Hundreds of cops on the force had felony records. The NOPD, like the city and the state are hopelessly corrupt and like any corrupt organization that relies on graft, intimidation, and deception to exist, they are completely incapable of preforming in a real emergency. (See the Democrat Party)

[BlackRain]

Residents blast NOPD in heated forum

Racism rampant, speakers contend

Thursday, April 28, 2005

For much of a public hearing Wednesday night on discrimination in New Orleans, the city's police force was a whipping boy.

Several speakers said the force has failed to discipline its own, and that black residents are too often stereotyped as criminals by police officers who harass them. For most of the meeting, New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass sat stone-faced, but when Salaam Jihad took the microphone, his remarks proved too much for the chief.

Clad in camouflage fatigues and a T-shirt showcasing iconic Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, Jihad said he had been the victim of police brutality in 1997, and he claimed Police Department brass failed to investigate the incident seriously. If he found himself in the same situation again, Jihad said he would "march into the 2nd District with a gun and open fire on everyone I see. I'll die like a man."

When a few crowd members murmured their approval, a disgusted Compass grabbed a microphone on the table in front of him. "I'm going to say something here," he said, his face twisted with disgust. "This guy is talking about killing police officers and you are applauding him."

"You kill people, too!" shouted a handful in the audience.

The exchange was the most heated moment of a more than two-hour meeting at Dillard University called by Mayor Nagin's Human Relations Committee. The meeting was the second such public forum the committee has hosted since Levon Jones, a black college student, was killed during a scuffle with three bouncers outside Razzoo Club and Patio on Bourbon Street in January.

Rest of article discussing racism in NOPD - http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-9/111466958166450.xml

[Dog Gone]

I'm not going to stick up for the cops in New Orleans. The hundreds that simply abandoned the city at the time they were needed the most are scum. The broke their oaths.

My impression of the New Orleans cops is that they had one primary mission -- protect the tourist areas and attractions so that the bucks kept rolling in. The rest of the city was little better, if any, than Nuevo Laredo.

Undoubtedly there were crooked cops in New Orleans. Heck, the whole city and state government is corrupt. It's an institution.

Sadly, I think the real story isn't so much that cops looted, raped, and ran off the job. It's that the majority stayed on and did the best they could in a horrible situation.

[Michael Goldsberry]

1. Anti-New Orleans
2. Anti-Cop
3. Anti-Black

Respond to me with your own words, not some article.

[BlackRain]

It's that the majority stayed on and did the best they could in a horrible situation.


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The majority of police fled their posts. The minority stayed.

Many New Orleans police officers have quit, saying they weren't going to risk their lives fighting looters, AP quoted a Louisiana state police commander as saying.

[BlackRain]

Respond to me with your own words, not some article.

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The real question is ... Why are you defending corrupt cops?
And why bring race into it? No one mentioned the race of anyone in these press reports.

Are we not allowed to discuss corruption, cowardice, and ineptitude in New Orleans PD that resulted in the deaths of the very citizens they were sworn to protect?

[Pikachu_Dad]

Thanks TigerSmack.

No wonder they didn't post the date. This story is from August 24th.

Not that old of a story, but NOT THIS DAMN WEEK.

No wonder it didn't make any sense.

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NOPD Officer Accused Of Aggravated Rape


[b]POSTED: 1:12 p.m. CDT August 24, 2005[/b]
UPDATED: 5:09 p.m. CDT August 24, 2005


Story by WDSU

NEW ORLEANS -- A two-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department was arrested Wednesday in connection with the sexual assault of a woman he stopped on the street, according to investigators.

[Bernard]

Reading that story about the National guard filling in the NOPD while they are on vacation in Las Vegas makes me wonder how long the mayor expects the National Guard to remain activated. Or is that even a consideration?

[Michael Goldsberry]

"Why are you defending corrupt cops?"

Why are you harping on this right now!?

You are standing on the bodies of dead people in order to get your message about corruption across.

Cindy Sheehan also did that.

[msnimje]

The problem is that New Orleans had a rising crime crisis and many corrupt cops just before the storm hit.

I have a suspicion a lot of corruption is about to be uncovered in both New Orleans and the State. I heard there are Senators compiling lists of all the federal money sent to LA in years past and then they will try to figure out where the money went.