Katrina aftermath - what the fuck???

[Linkster]

Originally Posted by furrygirl

Wait, are you saying that you are skeptical of reports of police misbehavior because they never had many problems you could see during Mardi Gras?

The big difference between the two being that one is a bunch of better-off partiers, one is a bunch of poor, starving, sick people who were left to die. I'm not saying that shooting at rescuers helps anyone, but I do completely understand where people are coming from with the anger and frustration.

Plus, are there any real, confirmed reports of this mass raping and cop-shooting I keep hearing rumors of?

I dont think I was trying to say I was skeptical about the police mis-behaviour, more I think I am concerned with the second part - that so far there hasnt been one confirmed report of the shootings and rapes - other than a few heresay reports that the media keeps blowing up - and unfortunately seems to dominate the news instead of reporters doing their job and getting facts (something that they seem to have forgotton over the years)

I tend to believe that there is still a group of old gang members that have run several neighborhoods for some time, that are still there trying to salvage their turf - and may be taking potshots at cops. It just amazes me though that the media has twisted so many stories - the one I keep thinking about is the "police turn into looters and ransack Walmart" story. Here is a whole precinct of cops that have lost their headquarters, have no communication with the chief of police, see looters robbing walmart, shoo them away, and set up their HQ in Walmart - the news media reports it as police looting - but when you talk to the captain of that precinct he is pretty adamant that he was just trying to find a dry place to he could group his cops into one place and set up a central dry location. Just one example of the news media taking a story from an evacuee and turning it into fact - fortunately one news group actually went out to the Walmart and interviewed the captain of police and he basically told the reporter to F*** off when asked about his cops being looters.

[Kinky]

Originally Posted by Linkster

It just amazes me though that the media has twisted so many stories - the one I keep thinking about is the "police turn into looters and ransack Walmart" story. Here is a whole precinct of cops that have lost their headquarters, have no communication with the chief of police, see looters robbing walmart, shoo them away, and set up their HQ in Walmart - the news media reports it as police looting - but when you talk to the captain of that precinct he is pretty adamant that he was just trying to find a dry place to he could group his cops into one place and set up a central dry location. Just one example of the news media taking a story from an evacuee and turning it into fact - fortunately one news group actually went out to the Walmart and interviewed the captain of police and he basically told the reporter to F*** off when asked about his cops being looters.

some police were looting

HERE IS THE VIDEO

[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by kinky

some police were looting

HERE IS THE VIDEO

That's hilarious...and disturbing.

[docholly]

With all due respect Linkster, one thing i do have to take exception to is this:

No one down there was "left to die"

I think at least 30 people would take exception to that:

At least 30 found in Nursing Home

..quite frankly who is to blame or what kind of shoes Condi was buying, or what bunker was Cheney hiding in, or what was done is trivial at this time.. those who think GWB did a GREAT job will continue to think so and try to 'blame' everyone else.. and those of us who think he's destroying 200+ years of democracy will just use this to bolster our position.

Let's just hope for the next 6-9 months we have no other disasters anywhere else in the country that require immediate action because it might take over 2-3 weeks just to find the National Guard.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by kinky

some police were looting

HERE IS THE VIDEO

That is disturbing on so many levels