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National Guard Asked to Patrol Big Easy
AP via Yahoo News ^
| 6/19/06
Posted on 06/19/2006 9:27:08 AM PDT by marshmallow
NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin asked the governor Monday to send National Guard troops to patrol his city after a violent weekend in which five teenagers were shot to death.
City leaders convened a special meeting to voice outrage after the killings Saturday in an area near the central business district.
"If we don't have wind knocking us down, we have shooters knocking us down, and that's unacceptable," said City Council President Oliver Thomas.
The shootings brought this year's murder toll to 52, raising fears that violence was back on the rise in a city that had been plagued by violent crime even before Hurricane Katrina drove residents away last year.
Saturday's incident was one of the bloodiest in this city's turbulent history.
Nagin asked the governor to send up to 300 National Guard troops and 60 state police officers to patrol the city. The City Council said it also would consider increasing overtime for police to put more officers on the street.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chocolatecity; failedcivilization; mayorofthemudpuddle; nagin; thankyoulbj
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Life returns to normal in Mogadishu-on-the-Gulf.
To: marshmallow
Glorious times in the Chocolate City.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:28:53 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: marshmallow
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:29:21 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: marshmallow
Gads. At least he's asking for help. But it's pretty pathetic that his city needs to be put under virtual martial law simply to be functional.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:30:18 AM PDT
by
livius
To: marshmallow
Life returns to normal in Mogadishu-on-the-Gulf. "SchoolBus" Nagin gets his wish! N.O. back to "normal'.
To: livius
Where's Pork Chop Jackson and Sharptongue when you need them?
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:32:20 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: marshmallow
Maybe he should look at the qualifications of the people they are hiring to do that job in the first place.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:32:49 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: TexasCajun
Looter Guy must be getting bored.
To: marshmallow
National Guard Asked to Patrol Big Easy Soggy
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:34:27 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: marshmallow
This is BS. Nagin wants the State to pick up the tab for law enforcement.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:35:42 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: FearlessFreep
Probably keeping their heads down somewhere.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:38:38 AM PDT
by
livius
To: marshmallow
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:39:20 AM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: FearlessFreep
Glorious times in the Chocolate City.I guess it's not Swiss chocolate.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:39:40 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: 1rudeboy
Nagin wants the State to pick up the tab for law enforcement.And to be able to blame someone else when there's further trouble.
My personal perception is that N.O. would be a lot farther along toward recovery if the govt had gotten out of the way and let the private sector do the work.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:40:22 AM PDT
by
American Quilter
(Equal laws protecting equal rights...the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country. -- Madison)
To: The Red Zone
To: marshmallow
"We're looking forward to the day when ... this city returns to being one of the safest cities in America," Nagin said.
When the h#ll was New Orleans "one of the safest cities in America"?
Wake up and smell the chocolate, Ray.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:40:48 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: marshmallow
violence was back on the rise in a city that had been plagued by violent crime even before Hurricane Katrina drove residents away last year. wanna start a pool on how long before it will be declared "Bush's fault!"?
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:41:28 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(LINCOLN: :..."but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.")
To: marshmallow
The "leaders" in N.O. had their chance to tell the criminal element evacuated during the storm that they weren't welcome back, and enforce it. But they sat on their hands for the better part of a year, so the opportunity was lost. That, and Nagin's shameless "Chocolate City" pandering, have lost the battle. It appears as if N.O. will be no less a cesspool going forward than it was before Katrina. How sad.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:42:27 AM PDT
by
Emile
(New Orleans: Will the levees hold next time? Don't bet your life on it.)
To: marshmallow
How come the National Guard can patrol a city without running afoul of the posse commitatus provision, but we're told it can't patrol our porous border with Mexico?
To: The Red Zone
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Looter Guy doing fine at last report.
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posted on
06/19/2006 9:44:19 AM PDT
by
don-o
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