Ah- but isn't it interesting that the SAME people who trashed and terrorized the Superdome behaved FAR differently at the Astro Dome??
An eyewitness account from my nephew- who was downtown during the hurricane and the subsequent violence: The medical teams and choppers were being shot at from the ground. He simply couldn't believe it. They were trying to HELP and were being attacked. He was issued a shotgun to protect himself and his ambulance. His partner had to shoot two thugs and he saw other rampaging criminals blown out of the water-literally- by the helicopters.
The anarchy that was seen in N.O. after the hurricane was fully public and unrestrained. Those were the same people who have been ruining N.O. for years.
I pray to God that NO, repeat NO housing projects are rebuilt( especially near the Quarter as the Bienville project was) IF any of N.O. beyond the Quarter and downtown are reconstructed.
One ironic laugh I got while listening to TV reports after Katrina. I think it was either Nagin or the police chief Compass who proudly announced that New Orleans was drug and crime free!
Of course it is- it's EMPTY!! It just took a historic disaster to clean the huge criminal element out.
Electricity and Law Enforcement made a big difference. It is not that the nature of the person changed. It is that they knew they couldn't get away with it.
There are reports that they gangs were paying off the cops to let them run amuck. I can't remember who said that. It might have been from Col. Hunt's investigation but I just don't remember.