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Police Chief Says Thousands Trapped in New Orleans Convention Center
AP ^
| 1-Sept-2005
| AP
Posted on 09/01/2005 2:49:12 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
The New Orleans police chief says 15-thousand people are trapped in the city's convention center. And he says some are being raped and beaten.
Chief Eddie Compass says displaced tourists are "walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon."
Compass said he sent eight eleven-man teams into the convention center. But as soon as the first team arrived, he said, "they were beaten back within 30 feet of the entrance."
Earlier, the city's mayor issued a "desperate SOS" on behalf of the thousands who are stranded at the convention center.
He also gave the go-ahead for them to march across a bridge to a dry area of the city and look for whatever relief they could find.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: katrina; neworleans
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To: Fitzcarraldo
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:50:11 PM PDT
by
Sometimes A River
("The leaves have broken on Lake Ponktran" - WKAT 1360 AM Miami Newsreader)
To: Fitzcarraldo
It's time to drop the 82nd and the 101st in.
3
posted on
09/01/2005 2:50:34 PM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
This is amazing... what kind of people have taken over down there? They're sniping at the medical convoys too...
To: Fitzcarraldo
says displaced tourists are "walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon."
Why would tourists still be there?
5
posted on
09/01/2005 2:51:52 PM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(Cindy - The new 'C' word! I really, really loathe liberals.)
To: MattinNJ
except the 101st is in Iraq right now....
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:52:38 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Ohio State (-14.5) vs. Miami of Ohio, September 3rd)
To: MarkeyD
Yeah... what part of MANDATORY EVACUATION didn't they understand?
To: Fitzcarraldo
My question is this, has the crime rate risen in NO the past few days or is this how it is on a typical day there and we just do not hear about it on the National News?
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:01 PM PDT
by
msnimje
To: MarkeyD
Many were stranded in hotels when the airport closed and no rental cars were available.
I was wondering what happened to them.
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:10 PM PDT
by
pa mom
To: Fitzcarraldo
It's time for Operation Delta Storm in Gulf War III.
However, I just heard a National Guard commander on tv say "we don't shoot people for stealing televisions in this country".
10
posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:28 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
(Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....)
To: Fitzcarraldo
The last thread on this got pulled. Reason: pulled.
Am I in before the pull>
11
posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:28 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(Child support and maintenance (alimony) are what we used to call indentured slavery)
To: Rosenkreutz
I find it hard to believe the incompetence of the mayor and police chief. People are dying and these authorities are to blame. The police and national guard need to lock and load, then SHOOT.
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:30 PM PDT
by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: Fitzcarraldo
He also gave the go-ahead for them to march across a bridge to a dry area of the city and look for whatever relief they could find. IOW, every person for themselves. Our utter incompetence has doomed thousands.
Demoncrap twit.
13
posted on
09/01/2005 2:53:42 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Borax Queen; Brad's Gramma; sweetliberty
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:54:00 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
To: Fitzcarraldo
".....15-thousand people are trapped in the city's convention center. And he says some are being raped and beaten."
Just when you think the news couldn't get any worse..........
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:54:07 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.")
To: Rosenkreutz; All; Travis McGee; Squantos
The "civic leaders" should face summary execution, they could have stopped this if the acted soon enough. Now many innocents will be raped, beaten, burned, ect and many good service members will die!
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posted on
09/01/2005 2:54:19 PM PDT
by
vrwc0915
To: Rosenkreutz
This sounds like Blackhawk Down.
18
posted on
09/01/2005 2:54:29 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(Child support and maintenance (alimony) are what we used to call indentured slavery)
To: Fitzcarraldo
"Beaten back"?
Fire a few slugs into the ones in the front.
What happened to common sense?
19
posted on
09/01/2005 2:54:35 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
To: RobRoy
The last thread on this got pulled. Reason: pulled. That one didn't have a link, the poster just gave the call sign of a radio station.
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