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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: jimbo123

I hope it isn't that bad, because Uday Hussein was a truly depraved, heartless sociopath.


541 posted on 09/01/2005 5:51:07 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: jimbo123

I really don't comprehend the lack of response to the convention center violence. It seems to me this situation justifies dropping in several hundred paratroopers ASAP to restore order. The slowness of the response to this crisis is astounding.


542 posted on 09/01/2005 5:53:58 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: Rosenkreutz

the 'animals on the loose' probably want the drugs in the hospitals---no one with the guts to "shoot looters" on sight---nice to see what 'demonrat' leadership can do for its constituency when they need something besides a welfare check


543 posted on 09/01/2005 5:54:44 PM PDT by cmotormac44
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To: wardaddy

Folks from the Caribbean know how to rout these creeps. One of the big things that improved NYC was - aside from Giuliani, later - the arrival of lots of Dominicans. They took over the parks for First Communion and birthday BBQ's, knifed anybody who looked crosseyed at the women and children, and made life fun again in Manhattan. It's amazing what a population that simply ain't gonna take it anymore can do for a beaten down city.


544 posted on 09/01/2005 5:55:40 PM PDT by livius
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To: wardaddy

It's time to increase my firepower.


545 posted on 09/01/2005 5:56:04 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

FAST-Fleet Antiterrorist Strike Teams

USMC version of an antiterrorist team.


546 posted on 09/01/2005 5:56:48 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Cindy Sheehan, American Traitor)
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To: defenderSD
I really don't comprehend the lack of response to the convention center violence.

100 armed hostage takers and miscreants and unknown number of American and foreign hostages. No one's taking any chances right now.
547 posted on 09/01/2005 5:57:39 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Armedanddangerous

Scanner: "request assistance of air traffic control detachment and forward support batallion..."


548 posted on 09/01/2005 5:58:57 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: jimbo123

I read a couple of hours ago that the mayor had ordered everybody out of the convention center and told them to start walking over the bridge. I assume this means in the direction of the SD, and it seemed that there would be police or NG along the route.


549 posted on 09/01/2005 5:59:04 PM PDT by livius
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To: chris1

when I lived in Manhattan...the only southern area of the Bronx folks liked was Riverdale

now, I hear it's better

I used to pray not to breakdown on the Major Deegan


550 posted on 09/01/2005 5:59:57 PM PDT by wardaddy (will a tort lawyer in Mississippi file class action against God now?)
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To: gitmo
"It's time to increase my firepower."

You said it. If urban thugs are carrying AR-15s then I need one too, and body armor.

551 posted on 09/01/2005 6:02:59 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: livius

Police chief says thousands trapped in convention center

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=40170

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The New Orleans police chief says 15,000 people are trapped in the city’s convention center. And he says some are being raped and beaten.


552 posted on 09/01/2005 6:03:24 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Vladiator
To: joesnuffy Democracy is not meant for everyone..only those who have Christ's law written in their hearts..(whether they acknowledge Him as the source or not) Why do you refer to him (and Elvis) as "the King" then? 174 posted on 09/01/2005 6:13:50 PM EDT by Vladiator

Good question Vladiator! Jesus Christ's Kingdom is a THEOCRACY, NOT a democracy! Most judeo-Christians have been judaized to reject their King as absolute Monarch just as the "Jews" of Jesus' day rejected Him as their King.

553 posted on 09/01/2005 6:04:35 PM PDT by millefleur (No KING but Jesus !)
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To: livius

There are parts of Kingston the cops can't go....like Wareika Hills for example

only the JDF dare enter


the weird thing is how the rival political parties use these thugs for muscle

Tivoli Gardens for example by the JLP

I saw a Dominican kill a man from Harlem once oddly....can't go into details here...


554 posted on 09/01/2005 6:05:08 PM PDT by wardaddy (will a tort lawyer in Mississippi file class action against God now?)
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To: hiredhand

I don't care who suppresses these people, personally. But it's probably not the US military, because otherwise things would be in better shape. One of the big problems with this is that the Governor was slow to ask for any Federal aid, and while I am not a big advocate of the Feds, sometimes they're the only people who can deal with a situation of a certain magnitude. And this one qualifies - and I'd like to think my insanely high tax rate is at least buying something for somebody in this country.


555 posted on 09/01/2005 6:06:08 PM PDT by livius
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To: gitmo

Man.

My brother and I were both talking today about BLOATing and being so happy to have access to what we needed to protect everyone.

It really comes down to that when the goblins are loosed.


556 posted on 09/01/2005 6:06:35 PM PDT by wardaddy (will a tort lawyer in Mississippi file class action against God now?)
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To: hoboken109

Some men are acting like animals and gangstas. Most are taking the best care of their families that they can under the circumstances.


557 posted on 09/01/2005 6:11:45 PM PDT by StarSpangled
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To: Betis70
Haven't been in wilderness survival since I was in the Boy Scouts, but this looks interesting and worthwhile

If you get the time, money and opportunity, you will NEVER regret it. Tom Brown is an amazing person. Incredibly intense and inspiring.

In fact, almost every day I have time where I feel very guilty sitting here at a computer chair when I should be working on my survival skills. :)

I met the neatest people, too, from all walks of life--liberal Democrats with Gaia stickers on their bumpers, and plenty of military. The former student and volunteer who helped me (finally) make fire without matches or anything was a Marine from Camp Pendleton.

558 posted on 09/01/2005 6:20:43 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: Jack Black

"A very different program is needed to change the entire outlook of the criminal underclass if we want to prevent this.

If not checked it will grow and grow, the large number of illiterate (in any language) illegals will mix in and you'll have this very large seething, stupid, resentful, criminal enemy-within just waiting for opportunities to act out."

1. Public canings/beatings for offenses below rape, child molesting, kidnapping or murder.

2. Public executions for rape, child molesting, kidnapping, and murder.

3. No welfare.

4. Work farms for those who can't/won't get a job or gainfully employ themselves. No, I don't mean Parchman Farm, but farms where they must work. Good food, decent accomodations, and 40 hours a week hard work.

5. Other work opportunities like apprenticeships for those eligible. All kinds of methods - in connection with community colleges, road work, demolition, building, and repair of disaster areas. Also firefighting and cleanup after.

5. For orphans or fatherless children with incompetent mothers, places like Boys' Town - where mothers could also live, work, learn basic skills.

6. Execution for drug dealers.

7. If the illegitimacy rate doesn't go down, civilization is doomed. It is currently 80% (yes, eighty) among blacks, and one third for the population at large.


559 posted on 09/01/2005 6:31:03 PM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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To: little jeremiah; All

Please people learn from this! You are the only person you can count on to save yourself. Please think what you would do right now if disaster struck where you were. The gov is trying but is unable to help if you rely on the gov for help expect to be effectively placed in custody and have any means of protection taken from you!


560 posted on 09/01/2005 6:35:45 PM PDT by vrwc0915
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