The statistics of NO show that it is NOT a small amount of people in NO. High crime rate. High murder rate. High degree of corruption all the way up the line.
How can you possibly say that it is a small amount of people in NO? For pete's sake, the corruption is WELL known as you said yourself. Do you doubt that the NO police are perfectly capable of joining in the Looting and stealing that bus from the Superdome to haul their loot? Of course you don't doubt that they are capable of doing it -because you know that the corruption is just that prevalent.
It is not a small amount of people nor is it EVERY person.
Okay, have it your way. a half a million people who live in the boundaries of NO are all, or mostly all, looters, scam artists, corrupt people. And entire city.
That hasn't been my experience with New Orleanians but you are obviously fixed on that so go right ahead.