interdictor ([info]interdictor) wrote,
@ 2007-01-06 15:20:00
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New Orleans: A Great Place To Visit But I Wouldn't Want To Die There
Police chief: City looking at possible curfew to stem violent crime
1/6/2007, 1:54 p.m. CT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This city, which has recorded at least eight killings this year, is looking at imposing a curfew as a way to help stem the violence, police Superintendent Warren Riley said Saturday. "It's something we're just sort of talking about, to see if that will make a difference," he said. A previous curfew, along with fewer people in the city because of Hurricane Katrina, seemed to be effective, he said. Some residents have called for a march on City Hall Thursday to demand action by city officials in response to the violence. On Saturday, Riley and Mayor Ray Nagin sought to reassure the city that they are doing all they can to make New Orleans safer.

Both men said they understood citizens' concerns, but Nagin urged residents not to make decisions on whether to stay in this still-rebuilding city based on the recent killings.


Translation: "We understand you're afraid of being murdered, but don't let that influence your decision about whether to stay or not. Rather, we think you should base your decision to stay on... our positive rhetoric."

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[info]ms_cantrell
2007-01-06 08:59 pm UTC (link)
really do not like the idea of a curfew. people who don't want to get shot will take precautions, and people who don't care/think about this stuff will deal with the consequences. they can place curfews on parolees and those on probation if they'd like, but on law-abiding citizens? no.

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[info]smjayman
2007-01-06 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Damn, I thought crime had gone down, post Katrina?

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[info]revned
2007-01-07 09:19 pm UTC (link)
It's 2007 now.

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[info]georgiarepublic
2007-01-06 09:09 pm UTC (link)
According to the ABC website this was what Nagin said.
Mayor Ray Nagin, meanwhile, urged residents not to leave the city, still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, because of the recent killings. He said the slayings could be a tipping point that "galvanizes our community" to find solutions.

So even Nagin admits the government can't come up with a solution, other than putting everyone under house arrest for the night, and hopes the citizens can fix it for them.
Then why is the government needed?

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It's a shame.
(Anonymous)
2007-01-06 10:29 pm UTC (link)
New Orleans used to be the gem of the south; I had the privilege of learning it's charms through the love of a young lass from Harahan. Nature broke my heart and destroyed the city, and then the receding waves washed my young lass into the bed of another man.

Since then, each step forward for the city has been marred by 3 steps back; New Orleans is a tired old man who has long since kicked out the chair that he was standing on. If not for the masses who are holding his legs up, he would have gasped his last breath a long time ago; his dangling corpse a reminder of the rule that all good things must eventually come to an end.

My sympathies to those who still call it home. As for me, Katrina may not have been successful in giving New Orleans back to the sea, but it hardly seems to matter; New Orleans seems all too happy to finish her work......

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[info]ekeppich
2007-01-06 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Well, they re-elected this buffoon, so I guess you reap what you sew.

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[info]vees
2007-01-06 11:32 pm UTC (link)
The parallels to news coming out of Iraq are somewhat unsettling.

Of course the only ones moving are the ones who _can_, leaving only those determined to fight against the violence (both of them) and those who want to leave, but don't have the resources.

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[info]ernunnos
2007-01-07 01:23 am UTC (link)
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. It's one of the few good things about being flat busted. You can be poor anywhere. Anyone who doesn't get out doesn't want to.

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[info]juxta_poser
2007-01-07 08:12 am UTC (link)
nice Janice Joplin reference Bobby McGee! LOL!

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[info]a_motley_fool
2007-01-07 12:26 pm UTC (link)
Yea but Kris Kristofferson actually wrote the song.

/actually likes Kristofferson

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[info]juxta_poser
2007-01-07 03:08 pm UTC (link)
good one =)

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[info]juxta_poser
2007-01-07 08:11 am UTC (link)
So, how much $$$ a month does rhetoric amount too? I mean, if I were to base a reason for staying in a hell-hole on rhetoric, then rhetoric would need a $$$ amount! I like the previous comment, "they re-elected the buffoon..." It really says all! His city? With the out flux of positive citizens and the killing off of the ones left, it will pretty soon be his city! If someone doesnt kill him first. The latter of which I would find poetic in its justice!

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[info]cooneyoo000o
2007-01-07 08:50 am UTC (link)
I'd like to know and understand what influenced these people to re-elect this idiot!

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[info]entheos93
2007-01-07 07:59 pm UTC (link)
He's black, and he ran against a white guy.
I'm quite serious- that really is the way it works here.

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[info]cooneyoo000o
2007-01-08 03:30 am UTC (link)
To each his own I guess?

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[info]malada
2007-01-07 04:00 pm UTC (link)
Is Blackwater still down there - guarding the Wal-Marts - being paid by the Federal Gov't - at twice the pay a beat cop gets?

-m

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[info]decibel45
2007-01-08 01:25 am UTC (link)
More and more I think we should just push the whole city into the gulf and be done with it...

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Ouch
[info]editor_b
2007-01-08 09:27 pm UTC (link)
Y'know, to those of us who still live here and are working to try to make New Orleans a better place, a viable place -- comments like this hurt. I'm not whining about it, just stating a fact. I felt compelled to because your remark about pushing the city into the Gulf seems oblivious. I feel that way myself sometimes but damned if I'll let someone else say it without answering back.

Also I think some of the other commenters should know that Nagin was re-elected with strong support from conservative whites. Landrieu's daddy is famous here as the man who integrated City Hall. So it's still about race, but not quite like you think.

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Re: Ouch
[info]decibel45
2007-01-09 01:34 am UTC (link)
I can certainly understand everyone who's trying valiantly to rebuild, but the flip-side is that the US is spending billions and getting over 1 murder per day in return... that doesn't seem like a great use of the funds.

Though to be fair, I have to wonder what would happen if any other city hand to rebuild from the ground up. I'd also be curious as to what would happen to crime rates in surrounding cities due to displaced criminals. Post-Katrina, crime in my city of Austin went up; and crime in Houston skyrocketed. That certainly gives me a dim view of the city.

Of course, in the end everyone in NOLA and the US loses, except the criminals that have gotten away with (literally) murder.

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