Two suspects in custody of the NOPD following today's shooting. Glad that I stayed indoors today.
Posted on 02/24/2009 1:16:33 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
NEW ORLEANS – Six people, including a one-year-old boy, were injured on the parade route in a shooting on Fat Tuesday, according to spokesman EMS spokesman Jeb Tate.
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And they apparently survive on colored plastic beads. And they are voracious in getting them (at least when I was there).
Nothing much has changed there.
Yeah, I ran up on a pair that were so mesmerized by the beads I was wearing that they actually let me touch them. It was a very exciting experience to say the least.
In New Orleans, so far it's five generations and counting.
The area by Tulane is stunningly beautiful. A lot of the town is run-down—just a huge disparity between the rich and the poor there.
New Orleans at Mardi time is the boobs-baring capitol of the United States. Plus, the only place your wallet is safe is if you left it back at the motel.....and it's probably not even safe there.
Leni
Been there. As long as you stay inside the safe zone you’ll be fine.
Step beyond that area and your life is in danger.
Mardi Gras is all about booze booze booze and a few other unmentionable activities.
Her younger sister just texted her and asked “Are you shot?”. lol. This will be 3 years in a row they have gone.
Get it right, it's "R U Shot?"
That old uptown area has some of the oldest gated communities in the country. However, even the poorer neighborhoods were neat and well-kept when I was a kid there, some 40 years ago. Most of the damage has occurred in the past 25 years, as the contents of the housing projects displaced the older European immigrant families in places like the Ninth Ward.
Because the city is heavily Catholic, it was once a big draw to Italians. It's fading now, but many residents used to have accents that sounded more like something from South Philly than anywhere on the Gulf Coast.
It happened in the Garden District a 1/2 block from a friend of mine’s house. This is the good part of town...kinda scary!
Any idea of the “shooters/actors” occupation, race, or political affiliation, and residence? Also, I want to know where they took their CCW safety course, and how long they’ve been licensed to carry. </sarcasm>
Two suspects in custody of the NOPD following today's shooting. Glad that I stayed indoors today.
Ah, I see some the Philadelphia youth came down to party. Maybe the Phil. shooting stats. went down by 6 for the day....
Killadelphia, baby!
The Garden District has been "iffy" as "good parts of town" go for about as long as I can remember. It's right there in the vicinity of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (formerly Melpomene Street).
That street name, unfortunately for Dr. King's legacy, goes hand-in-hand with alarming crime statistics.
Still would like to see it once......I’d really like to go to New Orleans for the food.....I love Cajun cooking.....
Go to Lafayette or Baton Rouge for the food
Thanks for the warning.....I always carry concealed and stay aware of my surroundings......LA is recipocal with GA for carry permits......
I’m not a big drinker but I love to people watch....Marti-Gras sounds like the ideal format.....
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