I'd ask what race these two were, but that would surely get me called... 
GULP! A New Yorker Magazine satirist.
Look, you satirist sumbitch, stop... 
calling me Shirley!
We... 
are so confused!
Posted on 07/17/2008 2:42:39 PM PDT by james500
The woman - who according to several witnesses announced that she was a New Orleans police officer - had come to the Treme Community Center to pick up a 7-year-old nephew and, for reasons unknown, became enraged at the driver of the car in front of her in the pickup line, witnesses said.
Numerous witnesses said the woman relentlessly honked her car horn. As the situation escalated, she yelled expletives at the other driver and got halfway out of her car and brandished a gun, they said. At that point one of the witnesses called 911...
Police Department spokesman Bob Young confirmed that a ranking officer responded from the 1st District, but Young said the ranking officer ruled the incident "unfounded" because the officer couldn't find the person who'd dialed 911.
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When Howell stopped at Esplanade Avenue, she said, the woman pulled alongside her and continued to yell, "You don't know who you're f -- -ing with, b -- -- ," Howell said.
Witnesses said the woman soon returned to the Treme Center, where she intercepted the responding officer, showing him what appeared to be a badge and asking to talk in private, Batiste said.
After a short conversation, the woman and officer walked out together, speaking loudly about the situation. In front of a group of people that included children and staff, the responding officer told the woman, in a loud voice, "You should have blasted that m -- -- -f -- -- -," referring to Lindsey.
After tapping fists, the uniformed officer and the woman who claimed to be an officer walked off, without further comment, witnesses said.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.nola.com ...
Where’d you live, a housing project?
So was Katrina justified?
Foul mouthed, uneducated, corrupt, violent GARBAGE.
Have you read the stories surrounding 2 other recent scandals and the NOPD?
There was a recent incident with a black NOPD officer driving at estimated speeds of 90 MPH on the West Bank Expressway and I-10. White police officers from Crescent City Connection PD pulled him over, and were going to give him a ticket for his dangerous behavior. He insulted the officers, slapped one of them and hit one as he drove away from them. They pursued him all the way to his NOPD station where several black NOPD officers came running out of the station to surround his vehicle and prevent the CCC police from arresting him. The black NOPD officers told the white CCC officers that they were not allowed to "touch him, write him a ticket or take him to jail." It was total BS, and it was all caught on video and audio recordings here:
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/bridge_police_will_seek_das_of.html
NOPD Scandal Number 2 involves SGT Bobby Guidry, a white 35 year veteran of the NOPD. He wore his blue NOPD uniform shirt to work on his last day to honor 18 slain officers while he served his duty, and Chief Warren Riley SUSPENDED Guidry on his last day of duty. Subsequently, Riley action stripped Guidry of some of his rights. Rights initially taken from him included the ability to work for a private security firm as well as the revocation of conceal-carry rights.
Riley, who is black, says that the harsh punishment is not race related. But I find that to be a load of BS given that he gave the same "suspension" to a black officer who drove at estimated speeds of 90 MPH on the expressway, threatened the lives of motorists, assaulted a police officer, hit a police officer with his vehicle and drove away from officers in the middle of a traffic stop.
Only a fool would visit Orleans Parish these days. The NOPD is just as dangerous, corrupt and evil as the criminals pervading the city.
SGT Guidry's story is here:
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/punished_nopd_officer_kept_his.html
Yes, and because no report was written and no actual investigation of the facts was made this female cop (NO lady) can say whatever she wants and there is no evidence to prove otherwise.
They don't care if black officers are committing crimes against Orleans Parish residents. They will shield them from investigations, and will attack you if you question their behavior.
Do not venture into Orleans Parish if you value your freedom, family and livelihood.
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katrina was a natural event. The raping, murdering, looting was not justified. Witness Iowa.
OhMyHell.... too funny!
So then the citizens of New-O should all start wearing “No Snitch” T-shirts. Especially the white residents.
And when the cops need help, turn your back. They’ll get the message eventually and throw out their garbage.
After tapping fists, the uniformed officer and the woman who claimed to be an officer walked off, without further comment, witnesses said.
If this is true this is going to get police officers killed in the future.
I hate going into Orleans Parish for ANYTHING.
The same or her 3rd cousin twice removed.
NOPD’s Public Integrity Bureau
talk about oxymoron
Good link. Also from the link : “”If the officer or officers who responded failed to write a report or take appropriate action, we will take action,” Riley said.”
So not just the brandisher but the lawman who didn’t do anything are going to get some degree of discipline.
At least until the spotlight leaves.
ill
I'd ask what race these two were, but that would surely get me called... GULP! A New Yorker Magazine satirist.
Look, you satirist sumbitch, stop... calling me Shirley!
We... are so confused!
The New Orleans professional police department was replaced many years ago by affirmative action hires many of which have felonies in their arrest records.
Example of Corrupt Behavior Tolerated:
When NOPD were caught by MSNBC looting a Walmart during Katrina, what happened? The officers were not punished by the brass.
NOPD clears cops in looting probe
They had OK to take clothing, officials say
Saturday, March 18, 2006
By Michael Perlstein
Staff writer
Four New Orleans police officers have been cleared of looting allegations stemming from a news videotape that shows them taking items from the Uptown Wal-Mart two days after Hurricane Katrina, but the officers were suspended for 10 days for failing to stop civilians from cleaning out the ransacked store, the New Orleans Police Department said Friday.
The video, shot by an MSNBC crew inside Wal-Mart, shows the officers filling a shopping cart with shoes, clothes and other items. In the background, citizens can be seen calmly looting everything from sweaters to bicycles. When a reporter asks the officers what they’re doing, one of them responds, “Looking for looters.” She then hastily turns her back to the camera.
Despite an avalanche of public outrage over the officers’ actions, an internal investigation recently cleared them of looting allegations, said Assistant Chief Marlon Defillo, commander of the Public Integrity Bureau. He said the officers had permission from their superiors to take necessities for themselves and other officers. The New Orleans Police Department later informed Wal-Mart management, after the store had been secured, that its officers had taken some needed items, he said.
The four officers — Olivia Fontenot, Vera Polite, Debra Prosper and Kenyatta Phillips — were suspended for 10 days without pay for “neglect of duty” because “people can be observed illegally inside the store with property in their possession and you took no police action to prevent or stop the looting,” according to their disciplinary letters. The officers are all seasoned veterans except for Phillips, a first-year rookie.
On top of her 10-day suspension, Fontenot received an additional three-day penalty for her “discourteous” response to MSNBC correspondent Fred Savidge, her disciplinary letter states.
Through a spokesperson, Superintendent Warren Riley said Friday: “It was determined that all four officers had received permission from their commanders to get clothing for fellow officers who were soaking wet. They did not steal anything.”
Defillo said the officers, all assigned to the badly flooded 3rd Police District, were among the officers rescued from that district’s emergency shelter at the LSU Dental School in the aftermath of the storm.
“They were putting underwear, socks and shoes in the (shopping) basket,” Defillo said. “The problem we had with their actions is that there were citizens in the store taking nonessential items and these officers did nothing to prevent these citizens from looting.”
A sharp exchange
In the video, the officers never offer an explanation as to why they’re filling a shopping basket with merchandise. Instead, Fontenot tells Savidge that they are “looking for looters.”
When Savidge points out that he can see looters everywhere, the following exchange takes place: Fontenot: “That’s what I see, including you. What are you doing in here?”
Savidge: “I haven’t taken anything, ma’am.”
Fontenot: “But you’re in the store, huh?”
The Wal-Mart store, at 1901 Tchoupitoulas St., was the site of frenzied and destructive looting the day after the storm and quickly became a symbol of the anarchy that gripped parts of the city in Katrina’s aftermath. A group of Times-Picayune reporters saw a handful of officers inside the store early that afternoon taking food, clothing and some nonessential items, such as fishing poles and electronics, while dozens of other officers stood by.
The national and international media that descended on the flooded city reported isolated pockets of looting by New Orleans police at other locations, but Defillo said the department has yet to validate any of those allegations. The department cleared two other officers who were investigated for looting at Wal-Mart based on photographs, Defillo said. He said the photos of those two officers did not show other people looting, making it impossible to uphold suspensions for neglect of duty.
“There was a lot of information put out early on about looting and determining what was valid and what wasn’t has been very difficult,” Defillo said.
Still under scrutiny
However, two major looting investigations remain under investigation by federal authorities, Defillo said. One case involves the theft of about 200 vehicles from Sewell Cadillac Chevrolet and allegations that 3rd District commanders were involved in some of the thefts.
Another case involves a complaint from a Canal Street hotel owner that a group of officers from the now-disbanded Community Policing squad showed up with an abnormally large stash of goods, which they kept in one of the rooms they were using in the days after the storm.
Aside from those cases, though, Defillo said post-Katrina allegations of New Orleans police officers looting appear to be overblown.
“People were saying a lot of things at that time, but we had to separate fact from fiction,” Defillo said. “Each of the cases that were presented to my office were thoroughly investigated and based on all the facts and circumstances, we found that officers either weren’t looting or they were taking essential items. A lot of media ran stories about looting without proper validation.”
However, Defillo said, if there are any other credible allegations of police wrongdoing after Katrina, his office will vigorously investigate the claims. Defillo said complainants can call (504) 568-6800, the new phone number of the Public Integrity Bureau.
‘Matter of perception’
Lt. David Benelli, president of the Police Association of New Orleans, said it was easy for witnesses to misinterpret the actions of police in the chaotic environment after the storm. He said he was the target of uneasy glares when he went to the Lower 9th Ward in September and retrieved jewelry and other valuables through the window of his mother-in-law’s house on Caffin Avenue.
“It’s all a matter of perception,” Benelli said. “There were wild aspersions that the NOPD had run amok, but a lot of these stories came out before all the facts had been gathered and investigated. We were the whipping boys right after the storm. What you don’t see is, months later when a police officer is exonerated, the media coming back to do that story.”
Still, given the widespread accounts of police acting unprofessionally, if not criminally, Benelli said it’s probably true that some officers strayed from the law.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that not all police officers, unfortunately, honored their oath of office,” he said. “But it doesn’t take away from the fact that the majority, the vast majority, honored that oath. And they don’t deserve to be lumped in by the media with the few who didn’t do the right thing.”
Thanks, at the end of the day I needed a good laugh.
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