Police Shoot 8 on New Orleans Bridge

AP ^

[hole_n_one]

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.

[Pukin Dog]

FUBAR time.

[Mo1]

Could this have been thugs with stolen police uniforms?

Huh???

What is that about

[macsmind76]

Holy crap...

Not good

[dts32041]

Fox news reporting from AP unconfirmed that the six men crossinhg the bridge where army engineer contractors.

Note to admin moderator story is different from armed men shot.

[RetroSexual]

Amazing. Appalling. Of course, we can't criticize the police for this of Mary Landrieu will punch us.

[onyx]

How to mistake contractors for thugs?

[OrangeDaisy]

AP is saying those shot on the bridge were contractors!!! FNC just announced

not exactly. Right now there are two different reports. NO police say they shot armed men on a bridge. Corp of Engineers say some of their contractors were shot on a bridge. Sounds likely to be the same incident, but we don't know that yet.

[Gillsie]

from online WSJ

Sunday, Sept. 4

6:00 p.m.: A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers says that some of its contractors were killed Sunday by police as they walked across a bridge on their way to repair a canal, the Associated Press reported. It wasn't immediately clear if these are the same men the police earlier said they shot.

[jimbo123]

If the New Orleans mayor and police chief had their way, there would be no survivors and therefore no witnesses.

[nicmarlo]

No confirmation from Fox yet...they are working on trying to do that

[Wolfie]

So I guess the whole "Yay, we're opening up a can of whup-ass" thing wasn't such a good idea after all?

[SE Mom]

This is out of hand...

Apparently some contractors were shot by some police in NOLA.

NO ONE knows what color any of em are.

[MEG33]

You are a prophet it would seem.

[quantim]

They were not looters.

Gulp, 'friendly fire' the networks are claiming.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Oh, man.

I'm gonna go eat my hat now.

Prayers for the family.

[dawn53]

Link to AP story says they were contractors

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050904/ap_on_re_us/katrina_shootings_hk1

[eternity]

Am smelling agents of provocateurs. But on who's side?

[Ruth C]

Yes, I just heard that. Army Corps of Engineer contractors going to fix a bridge. Bless them.

[mware]

I am not familiar with law enforcement rules but isn't to commom practice to issue a warning before shooting to kill???