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  • Mayor says 'knuckleheads' to blame for parade shooting

    01/16/2006 2:04:47 PM PST · by Ellesu · 31 replies · 918+ views
    nola.com ^ | 1-16-06 | AP
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — "Knuckleheads" are to blame for the shootings that wounded three people just after a parade organized to show unity and support for New Orleans' rebuilding, Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday at a Martin Luther King Day ceremony. In the face of the devastation still remaining, four months after Hurricane Katrina hit, people still came together to have a float-less "second-line" parade and have a good time, Nagin said. Framing his speech as a conversation in which he asked King's opinion about what has happened to New Orleans, Nagin said he told the slain civil rights leader:...