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Jeff Parish Sheriff Lee commandeers Wal-Mart from FEMA
Times-Picayune ^
| Sept. 11, 2005
Posted on 09/12/2005 10:22:15 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Elyse
You know you can say that he kept looters out of Jefferson Parish, but he also kept innocent people that were not looters from escaping from the human garbage that were raping and killing in the city. He could have at least let women and babies out of the city. Those people should have left the low-lying city before the hurricane. After the event, they wanted to invade the part of the area that wasn't destroyed. While trucks and boats full of supplies were on their way to the city, some residents decided (after being told by Mayor Nagin to go to the West Bank and look for "resources") to stream across the bridge. Harry Lee decided that this wasn't going to happen and posted armed guards at the crossing point.
He may have over compensated by blocking everyone out, but considering the Mayor's statement, I can see why.
61
posted on
09/13/2005 1:29:07 AM PDT
by
Knitebane
(Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
To: All
They were the people that Nagin should have evacuated before the storm. Many people were afraid to go to the Superdome because they knew what had happened there when it was used as a storm shelter before. I don't blame them because we see that they were right about what they thought would happen there. Most of the people in Jefferson Parish had evacuated. They were trying to protect property more than anything.
Perhaps, the Sheriff and deputies didn't even know how bad it was in New Orleans, but still if you see a woman and her children desperate to escape the city and you threaten to shoot them, that is just a low life miserable thing to do in my opinion.
62
posted on
09/13/2005 1:50:11 AM PDT
by
Elyse
To: Revel
Wal-Mart store wanted to open recently but was told by FEMA officials that it could not. That's because Halliburton was given a contract to be the exclusive pampers and bottled water retailer there.
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posted on
09/13/2005 2:16:20 AM PDT
by
JoeGar
To: Peace will be here soon
Well it would make sense for FEMA to want to use any operational radio towers in the area.
Naturally!
When you move in and take over an area, the very first thing you want to do is establish total "air" supremecy.
Did you know that VERY little of FEMA's mission has anything to do with "disaster recovery"? The bulk of their resources are involved with stuff like the "Continuity of Government" plan. (If the term is not familiar to you, do some research, it'll floor you!)
To: Revel
I've read over 60 replies to this thread and no one came up with the obvious explanation: race.
Can't you just hear the whining now? "WalMart opens up right away for whites in Jefferson Parrish so they can add extensions on their homes and renovate their kitches. We can't get a little corner store open so we can feed or children or diaper our babies in any black area."
65
posted on
09/13/2005 3:34:44 AM PDT
by
HateBill
(Democratic Message: "Kiss Terrorist A*s" vs. Republican Message: "Kick Terrorist A*s")
To: Revel
We're encouraging the businesses to get up and going." No tax money = no pay check.
66
posted on
09/13/2005 3:38:22 AM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Finally an answer for the prisoner problem at Abu Ghraib: Don't take any.)
To: Mike Darancette
I thought that NO was evacuated?This is a story about Jefferson Parish, not Orleans. :-)
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:02:18 AM PDT
by
alnick
To: PAR35
a city located in that Parish reportedly blocked the bridge over the Mississippi to keep out the looters.) Ah, that explains what Nagin said on TV Sunday. He claimed the Federal government is racist because New Orleans victims were blocked at a bridge from entering a neighboring parish.
Now we have the rest of the story.
68
posted on
09/13/2005 4:07:56 AM PDT
by
alnick
To: Revel
The Times-Picayue is not a reliable news source. They're just another blog - they don't even have a printing press.
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:09:51 AM PDT
by
abb
(Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
To: Revel
I've heard Harry Lee on WWL. Definitely a take charge, git er done, man.
Said some of his deputies who had run away asked to be reinstated. He told 'em. No way. I can never trust you again.
70
posted on
09/13/2005 4:12:39 AM PDT
by
don-o
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To: Elyse
Wrong.
Gretna was where the bride was leading to and Lee is not connected with Gretna. He is west of NO in Jefferson.
You might want to know who you are maligning before you do so.
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posted on
09/13/2005 4:13:23 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: StevieB
"He came across as a no-nonsense type of guy ... someone who is more concerned with getting the job done than with being "correct and proper"."
That's what I'm talking about, local officials stepping up to the plate. No crying and whining, just taking care of business.
Sounds like alot of lawmen in that area don't realize what an OATH means.
To: cajungirl
"Gretna was where the bride was leading to and Lee is not connected with Gretna. He is west of NO in Jefferson."
Gretna is in Jefferson Parish. The reports said that the police in Gretna and Jefferson Parish deputies were both on the bridge.
73
posted on
09/13/2005 6:24:58 AM PDT
by
Elyse
To: Revel
Mr. Broussard is also under indictment by the Feds. Google him.
74
posted on
09/13/2005 6:25:54 AM PDT
by
Tarheel
( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
To: america-rules
Heck that place was toxic long before this mess happened.
And they will blame Bush...
75
posted on
09/13/2005 6:26:07 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
( If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking...)
To: LibertyRocks
Jefferson Parish is not New Orleans, they have not had a mandatory evacuation. There are areas there that had no damage from the floods. Harry Lee doesn't mess around.
76
posted on
09/13/2005 6:30:00 AM PDT
by
CajunConservative
("Dem's can bus people to the polls but can't bus them out of danger to save their lives.")
To: McGavin999
It doesn't say if it's the Federal FEMA or the State FEMA. After all, it was the state FEMA who turned back the Red Cross.Minor correction - it was the state Homeland Security Department that turned the Red Cross away. States don't have a FEMA, though some might have a SEMA. :)
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posted on
09/13/2005 6:32:28 AM PDT
by
meyer
(The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
To: IronMan04
I always thought he was Korean. ...Seems like he's a dang fine American to me.
78
posted on
09/13/2005 6:34:43 AM PDT
by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
To: Elyse
Hmm,,I was aware police were on that bridge, not aware Jeff parish deputies were there. I think the Bridge involved was to Algiers which is part of Orleans parish not Jefferson {Gretna is in Jefferson}. Algiers was on the other side of that bridge.
I don't know who was blocking that bridge. But I suspect it had something to do with Algiers and that the cops may have been Orleans Parish cops.
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posted on
09/13/2005 6:37:39 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: CajunConservative
But did the bridge go to Algiers part of orleans parish. Why would Harry Lee give a darn about Algiers?
80
posted on
09/13/2005 6:38:33 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(no)
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