Posted on 09/04/2005 1:58:59 PM PDT by hole_n_one
Edited on 09/04/2005 3:30:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Per AP on the FOX News Channel
NEW ORLEANS - Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six of them, a deputy chief said.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said the shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which connects Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
He said he had no other details.
Oh sh**.
FNC is also reporting there is no confirmation of this as of yet
CBS just reporting the same thing.
Fox News: Army Corps of Engineers say contractors killed by police. The shooting that was just recently reported.</p>
"Damn, I assumed it was bad guys."
Me, too. Guess some of the cops down there have decided to swing from doing nothing to shooting at everyone.
Did you hear FNC just address the shooting?
They're trying to investigate to see if this shooting or another involved armed contractors, perhpas mistaken for thugs.
Two separate shootings or just one?
Very confusing.
Hold fire ....its not been confirmed yet.
You really might want the mods to change the title.......
I'm trying to understand what the poster is actually getting at. There's this bit of a suggestion in his posts, that something is "suspicious" in the shooting of 6 armed people on a bridge. I want to hear what his gut is telling him. Just saying: Wait for the facts, is one I do support. But the poster seems, to me, to be suggesting something else. Ergo, I brought up "Mai Lai", and because that's the impression I'm getting that he may be suggesting.
I'm with you
The NOPD has been clearly over their heads from day one. 2/3's deserted and the ones that are left are probably stressed beyond belief. They can't handle the situation.
The entire region needs to be federalized with DoD in control.
I've already asked.
I suggest leaving it as is, other wise most of the opening comments will come off as rather, umm, misplaced.
Black police killed white contractors?
Oh My God!
We should wait for confirmation!
When you see the dem spokesman and MSM people starting saying
" This is not the time for figer pointing but for learning lessons etc etc "
Then you will know the attacks on Bush have resulted in a backlash and also that the public is blaming the Gov and Mayor
The NOPD has been clearly over their heads from day one. 2/3's deserted and the ones that are left are probably stressed beyond belief. They can't handle the situation.
The entire region needs to be federalized with DoD in control.
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