September 04, 2005 at 15:13:4 PDT
Police Kill Five Contractors on La. Bridge
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -
0904dv-hurricaneupdate Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six, a deputy chief said. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal.
The contractors were walking across a bridge on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to fix the 17th Street Canal, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Corps.
Earlier Sunday, New Orleans Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six.
The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details were immediately available.
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2 posted on
09/04/2005 3:16:51 PM PDT by
WhiteGuy
(Vote for gridlock - Make the elected personally liable for their wasteful spending)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Oh, my God. I hope this is wrong.
3 posted on
09/04/2005 3:16:57 PM PDT by
Bahbah
(Tim Russert is a poopy-head)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
4 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:00 PM PDT by
11th_VA
(And so it was in the days of Noah ...)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
5 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:10 PM PDT by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Can this get any worse?
This is breaking now on the west coast.
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To: Chucky is a girlie man
Now maybe Blanco will let the Federal Government take over.
8 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:38 PM PDT by
Rokke
To: Chucky is a girlie man
this complete lack of communication and command and control may be the public push that lets fedgov have political cover to directly take control of New Orleans, since the Lousiana politicans won't let them as it is.
To: Chucky is a girlie man
It's George Bush's fault.
12 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:49 PM PDT by
JohnBDay
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Disband the police and let the military handle it.
13 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:50 PM PDT by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Why? Why? Why?
Please, God... protect us all.
15 posted on
09/04/2005 3:17:57 PM PDT by
jacquej
To: Chucky is a girlie man
2 words . . . fire control
16 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:01 PM PDT by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Where'd the other thread go?
17 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:01 PM PDT by
PureSolace
(God save us all)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
God bless them..and comfort those who mourn..I am just sick about this..
18 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:05 PM PDT by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
I take it their guns were hostered, which then makes me ask "Didn't the cops tell them to freeze or did they just shoot?".
22 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:14 PM PDT by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
Hmmmm. Wonder if any of the police ever got close enough to ask these people what they were doing on the bridge?
24 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:18 PM PDT by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
I'm not sure how they'll do it, but by tomorrow this will be Bush's fault.
26 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:20 PM PDT by
Maigret
To: Chucky is a girlie man
New Orleans goes from bad to worse...
Didn't think that was possible. Get the incompetent New Orleans police out of there. They cannot work under pressure apparently.
To: Chucky is a girlie man
God, I hope this is wrong.
I think we finally found something about this disaster that the NYT can't blame on Bush.
28 posted on
09/04/2005 3:18:24 PM PDT by
Starve The Beast
(I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused)
To: Chucky is a girlie man
How can Bush avoid blame for this?
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