Cops Quit, National Guard arrive
Many NO police officers are reportedly handing in their badges, while finally 300 National Guard troops arrive to Louisiana fresh from Iraq. The Governer's reaction: "These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will," she said. War , in essence , has been decalred in NO.
posted by The Sandmonkey @ 9/02/2005 12:10:00 AM
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The cops in NO have been stunningly underpaid for a long time. It's like the NO city council expects them to suppliment their pay with graft. With criminals shooting at them, and no place to put criminals if they catch them, I can fully appreciate why cops are walking away.
Well, when your up to your ass in aligators...best to look and act like one and then sneak off.
Why didn't she declare Marshall law like the mayor of NO asked her to do? She is in charge here not the Federal government. In a state emergency the chain of command is Gov.,mayor, then the federal government.
Yep.
Anonymous, you got it.
The marriage between bureaucracy and poltics was deadly in this tragedy.
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