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Reports of rogue New Orleans police
This is from a blog. It confirms my father's experience living in New Orleans in the mid 60s when the police are notoriously corrupt. When a new mayor came in and cracked down this corruption, the crime rate appeared to go up because citizens felt more comfortable actually calling the police when they were victimized.
. . . The Iberville Housing Projects got pissed off because the police
started to "shop" after they kicked out looters. Then they started
shooting at cops. When the cops left, the looters looted everything.
There's probably not a grocery left in this city.
. . . The Iberville Housing Projects got pissed off because the police
started to "shop" after they kicked out looters. Then they started
shooting at cops. When the cops left, the looters looted everything.
There's probably not a grocery left in this city.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
. . . The police are looting. This has been confirmed by several
independent sources. Some of the looting might be "legitimate" in as
much as that word has any meaning in this context. They have broken into
ATMs and safes: confirmed. We have eyewitnesses to this. They have taken
dozens of SUVs from dealerships ostensibly for official use. They have
also looted gun stores and pawn shops for all the small arms, supposedly
to prevent "criminals" from doing so. But who knows their true
intentions. We have an inside source in the NOPD who says that command
and control is in chaos. He reports that command lapses more than 24
hours between check-ins, and that most of the force are "like deer in
the headlights." NOPD already had a reputation for corruption, but I am
telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not
recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have
been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they
could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....
. . . The police are looting. This has been confirmed by several
independent sources. Some of the looting might be "legitimate" in as
much as that word has any meaning in this context. They have broken into
ATMs and safes: confirmed. We have eyewitnesses to this. They have taken
dozens of SUVs from dealerships ostensibly for official use. They have
also looted gun stores and pawn shops for all the small arms, supposedly
to prevent "criminals" from doing so. But who knows their true
intentions. We have an inside source in the NOPD who says that command
and control is in chaos. He reports that command lapses more than 24
hours between check-ins, and that most of the force are "like deer in
the headlights." NOPD already had a reputation for corruption, but I am
telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not
recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have
been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they
could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....
For more information:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
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caucasian, they were fully decked out, head to toe in camoflage and appeared to have automatic weapons. two were in front, driving, and two were standing in back at the ready resting their guns on cloth roof of golf cart.
these carts were following a cop car, so you might assume they were official, possibly military or guard. but authorities such as those don't use golf carts to get around after natural disasters, do they? and they had facial hair and their hair seemed a bit scraggly for military types. the more I saw these people in these carts, the less they looked like real military and the more worried I became.
I have seen no reports of who these people are. I can find nothing on the web. I am afraid they are local militia types going "hunting" if you know what I mean under the false rubric of "keeping order"
who are the camoflage people with weapons on golf carts fllowing a police car around New Orleans?
"There are gangs of white vigilantes near here riding around in pickup trucks, all of them armed, and any young Black they see who they figure doesn't belong in their community, they shoot him. I tell them, "Stop! You're going to start a riot."
I knew those creeps were up to no good. how many people have they killed?
maybe this is part of why the authorities put the fear of god into reporters not to be there at night, so there would be no witnesses to the crimes of these gangs and maybe the guard as well. who knows how long it will be before bodies are pulled from the water? and by then evidence of murders might be gone
this is sick and authorities should stop it, but I suspect they just turn the other way if they do not participate. we know that the local police were down with the golf cart posses
there should be more press reports on these low-lifes. if you run across any, please post them or links to them here