[Rummyfan]

Basically, NO has the same crime rate now it had pre-Katrina, but now has only half that pre-Katrina population. So who came back???? Who never left???

[oldcomputerguy]

"So who came back???? Who never left???"

The poor from the projects got bussed to Houston and other places. While they were gone, crime was low. Now they are filtering back after they found out they actually prosecute people in Texas. So they have to stake out their drug territory all over again.

That is it in a nutshell.

Meanwhile, the "token" former US Attorney from the Clinton administration is now the prosecutor in New Orleans. His first act in office was to fire all the white prosecutors and hire all his friends. I think he fired 57 people, virtually all white. He was later convicted of racism in court!

His current "staff" is now letting murderers back out on the street routinely due to Nolle Prossed, no prosecution!

[pleikumud]

According to the March 26, 2007 issue of The Weekly Standard magazine, the population of New Orleans has dropped from 467,000 to 191,000. It also says only 17% of the buses are running, 56% of schools remain closed and only 12 of 23 state-licensed hospitals are operating. ETC.

[Gondring]

Basically, NO has the same crime rate now it had pre-Katrina, but now has only half that pre-Katrina population. So who came back???? Who never left???

Well, if the rate is the same, then it seems likely that a representative cross-section is no longer there.

[arthurus]

Sam e crime total, maybe, but double the rate.