Posted on 01/21/2007 7:48:07 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
In an unprecedented display of civic outrage over violent crime, as many as 3,000 people marched on City Hall on Thursday, demanding that city leaders stem the tide of violence and calling on ordinary citizens to help make New Orleans safer.
Organized in the wake of a string of almost daily murders in the new year, the protest channeled the city's rising anger and fear. "We have come to declare that a city that could not be drowned in waters of a storm will not be drowned in the blood of its citizens," said the Rev. John Raphael Jr., one of the opening speakers, hunched over the podium and preaching in a booming voice.
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Maybe they'll just disarm the populace... I'm sure that will help.
Who are they protesting too? The police?
The media?
Everyone who lives in da hood KNOWS who the thugs are... a drop of a dime would solve this problem in a fortnight.
The Mayor and Governor can't do anything about it. They're still "stuck on stupid".
Does the U.S. have an exit strategy from this quagmire?
Someone help me see if I've got this right. Murderers marching to protest murders???????
How are "city leaders" supposed to "stem the tide?" THEY'RE not the ones that comprise it! The outrage would be better directed at the soul-sucking parasites that ruin whatever culture they infest. It might also be more wisely directed at finding some city officials worthy of their position, rather than re-electing the same tired crooks that got you in that position to begin with!
What? I thought Ray Nagin was 'da man.
Look for more strict gun laws. Why do politicians seek solution in making the defenseless even more defenseless?
Sure they can. They'll simply do what they have done in the past, quite successfully. They will simply say:
"IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!" - Then everyone will smile knowingly and go home.
Yup.
I'm sure that there is popular opinion that our President has something to do with this.
(No pic of Jolie from me. She's not all that good looking to me.)
Waht?! We need all those rap, hip-hop and R&B artistes who make all that great musak directly from da street. ;-)
This is the problem with the welfare mentality. They're too used to sitting back and letting the government take care of things, rather than getting involved themselves.
Does neighborhood watch mean anything??
-Traveler
No comment until I see the New Orleans Study Group (NOSG) report.
these same people who are marching and protesting will remain completely silent during a police investigation for fear of retribution..they, as much as anyone, contribute to the problem..IMHO..
Must have gotten some bad cocoa in the Chocolate City.
Bush never put enough troops in New Orleans. - tom
LOL
Wees reelected da man 'cause wees wanted that theah chawCOlate city. So wees got tha' now, and all dem ceelebritees comin' down ta raise reebildin' money. Life's good in nawlins. 'Sides...all dem murdas, deys Bush's fawlt faw no keerin 'nuff 'bout black folks. He sen dat dere herrickane down heah ta kill us off. Nagin...he protek us from Bush.
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