Doubts Now Surround Account of Snipers Amid New Orleans Chaos

Los Angeles Times ^ | November 24, 2005

[John Jorsett]

Stories of snipers were one reason that emergency relief workers were kept out of the city initially.

[Mark was here]

I am shocked that the Police would have to revise their account. You would think someone from their union would tell them what happened.

[WasDougsLamb]

----And who knows what to believe

[weegee]

Say what you will about these New Orleans officers (and I don't know anything about them), at least (A) they existed (some NOLA PD were bogus numbers drawing real salaries), (B) they didn't evacuate, (C) they didn't loot.

There was corruption throught the region. Nothing surprises me. And we always knew there was corruption.

It is one of the things the Bush haters are reluctant to admit.

[Parley Baer]

Item (C). How about the cars taken from the dealerships? Still waiting for the "rest of the story" on that one. Anyways there is supposed to be an FBI investigation going on.

[manwiththehands]

I stopped believing EVERYTHING that we were told about what happened to NOLA during and after Katrina.

Except that Mayor Nagin is a moron and caused hundreds of deaths because of his negligence ... and that NONE OF IT was Bush's fault.

I couldn't care less what happened to or what happens to NOLA. The people there got the government they voted for.

Give that cesspool of corruption back to the swamp and let the rest of the country move on.

[WatchOutForSnakes]

The people that got what they voted for, does that include the 45 to 48 percent who constantly vote Republican or for the conservative candidate? If Kerry had won the presidential election in 2004 would you have gotten the government you voted for? Of course not. Why would you lump everybody together like that? Is that fair to the ones who wanted Republican, conservative leadership?

[Liberty Valance]

The entire Katrina/NOLA event was one of the wierdest, media hyped/disinfo'd/clusterf**ks ever witnessed on US soil. Bizzaro world televised.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I live in a "blue state" and deal with that kind of idiocy all the time.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Oh goodie!! They were real, they didn't run away and they didn't loot. All they did was kill a few innocent people.

What the hell, 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

[johnny7]

This is like trying to get an Indian to say what happened at Custer's Last Stand... 2 months after the battle.

[Strategerist]

the problem with any crisis is the stories come fast and furious and no one does fact checking. it sucks and everyone runs for the hottest story - all networks, including our mighty fox will fall for a bad story in order to scoop others. Other stations are worse of course.

The real problem is the foil hatters immediately scream "conspiracy!" the moment any fact or story changes, too.

[weegee]

What failures led to 9/11?

STILL don't know the answers to that one.

And yes there were screw ups. Same with the USS Cole.

They were preventable.

[Lancer_N3502A]

New Orleans is a quagmire. We should pull out immediately.

[weegee]

Anyways there is supposed to be an FBI investigation going on.

As there should be. All things with regards to Lousiana are suspect. Too many internal coverups and sweetheart deals.

[caryatid]

----And who knows what to believe

Exactly. Does one believe the reports of credible people who were there, or the sanitized versions floating around now?

[caryatid]

Except that Mayor Nagin is a moron and caused hundreds of deaths because of his negligence ...

Does anyone know if we have an extradition treaty with Jamaica? Just wondering ....

[manwiththehands]

Nagin would fit right in in Jamaica. His brain is already fried on something.

"Welcome to Yamaica mon! Here, have some ganja mon! Listen to Bob Marley, mon?"

[manwiththehands]

That's why I don't live in Columbus, Ohio. I would rather live with Republicans. My town is very conservative, but only 30 minutes away. Columbus is great and isn't bad for a big city, but it can be a cesspool, too. It might be one major disaster away from looking like NOLA. Maybe we will never know. But we know about NOLA.