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A video of a Saturday night (June 16) "brawl" on Bourbon Street shows New Orleans Police Department officers "getting whaled on from behind" as they try to arrest the instigators, NOPD Commander Nicholas Gernon said.Video of the fight, which resulted in a brief hospitalization of one of the officers whose hip was injured, also provides, Gernon said, "a good example of what (officers) face and how they deal with it." The video was taken from a nearby business' surveillance camera. The fight, which occurred around 11:20 p.m. among a large crowd that appeared to fill the 500 block of Bourbon...

For decades, bars along Bourbon Street have had an open-door policy, enticing anyone over 21 to walk in at all hours with drink specials, blaring music and neon lights. Come in, order a drink and carry it back out to the street, if you like. City and state officials want to put an end to this easy access, and they are proposing the bars close their doors at 3 a.m. -- but remain open for business -- in an effort to curb violence that has stained the city's image. "I don't see what the point is in it," said Earl...

Two suspects who took off on Bourbon Street after punching a man and stealing his wallet were arrested Tuesday (Aug. 2) when Louisiana State Police troopers chased them through the French Quarter, the agency said. A preliminary New Orleans police report said just before 2 a.m. the suspects attacked and robbed a 28-year-old man on Bourbon Street, near the intersection with St. Louis Street. State Police spokesman Dustin Dwight said the troopers saw the suspects running down the 500 block of Bourbon and were then informed by the victim the men fleeing had just attacked and robbed him. Dwight said...

Bourbon Street shooting suspect, person of interest and one of the victims visited French Quarter togetherA photograph uploaded to Facebook a year ago shows three West Bank men posing together on Bourbon Street. One holds a florescent-green cup and another makes an obscene gesture to the camera. The trio emerged this week as central characters -- a victim, a witness and a suspect -- in a mass shooting on the city's famous thoroughfare that killed a woman and wounded nine others.Police say the man shown in the middle, Trung Tran Le, 20, got into a fight with another man around...

The president of a Houston energy company disappeared in New Orleans early Friday, according to police who are trying to get surveillance video from the Bourbon Street area where colleagues last saw him. Douglas Schantz, 54, is president of Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, one of the largest wholesale gas marketers in the country. Colleagues last saw Schantz wearing a blazer and tie between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Friday in a Bourbon Street bar, Assistant Police Superintendent Marlon Defillo said on Saturday. His wife reported him missing after he failed to meet his daughter for a flight home later that...

New Orleans police Tuesday night were investigating the shooting of two women in the 300 block of Bourbon Street.

NEW ORLEANS — By the wee hours of the morning Tuesday, if you looked past the rotting mounds of garbage on the sidewalk and the fact that most of the customers were carrying firearms, the city — right or wrong — looked a bit familiar again. For a while, it was just another night at a Bourbon Street strip joint, a little exhilarating and a little depressing at the same time. Up on stage was Britni Carrubba, who fled Hurricane Katrina with nothing but the clothes on her back. For three weeks she had waded through hell, shuffling from shelter...

Sitrep: WDSU just showed video of Johnny White's Sports Bar on Bourbon Street. First store to reopen in the French Quarter. Four customers. Choice of beverage was Budweiser. Dog outside, street performer playing guitar with small amp.Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulez Encore

NEW ORLEANS - Singer-songwriter Ray Davies (news) of the celebrated British rock band the Kinks was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who snatched a purse from a woman he was with, police said Monday. He was not seriously injured. Police said Davies, 59, and the woman were walking near the edge of the French Quarter when the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Davies was treated and released at a hospital, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, a police spokesman. One suspect was captured within hours and another person was being sought. The woman was not hurt. Police would not...