NEWS: Louisiana Declares War on New Orleans Predators

POLITICS: Louisiana Declares War on New Orleans Predators

Rampaging thugs in New Orleans can’t exactly be arrested and put into cells. So they will be shot.

holy shit.

it's about fucking time. and I'm a liberal!

the trouble won't be in rebuilding the bricks, but in starting a whole new police force that the public won't ridicule there.

Wow, that's rather harsh. Of course, as sad as it sounds, I'm not sure what other options they have.

Sending in a large group of military trained, war hardened veterans with high power semi-automatic assault rifles with full permission, and even the expectation, of using deadly force is going to result in a lot of extra body bags. While it may be viewed as necessary right now, I can see extreme outrage over this approach when, not if, some young kid is killed. They are asking for even more trouble with this action.

I don't know about that - there aren't many policemen, guardsmen or soldiers who are eager to shoot and kill citizens of their own country.

wow glad to be left wing and french right now (something I tend to be rarely proud of), this is fucking scary...

Awesome. Lets use the Iraq model for responding to natural disasters. Anyone else find it strange that the government of the the richest society in the world hasn't been able to get food and water to tens of thousands of people for four days, but are now mobilizing to kill people? Do what you do best, I suppose.

I heard someone say that 60% of the police force had not reported for duty.

What does working at the city library have to do with anything?


Sorry couldnt resist, but on the subject I agree that the threat of deadly force is one way to make people think about the things they do. On the flip side I am sure there will be lots of lawsuits if people actually do get shot. The shooter better have some type of protocal with a witness....

I do not like this, but I do not contest it.

so nice of some of you to judge something when you have no concept of what is going on

sure it's an ugly decision, but when you have snipers shooting at rescue workers and helicopters

armed gangs attacking hospitals

and all sorts of nifty things like that, i suppose you are supposed to ask them to politely stop?


edited for a typo

[Edited on Sep 02, 2005 11:24AM]

Bleeding (mildly) heart liberal here, and I too say it's about God Damn time! Relief can't fully flow while there are armed looters in the streets. It's been a few days, everyone's had their chance to go nuts and jack a case of Coors or swipe some needed food, but if you're still roaming around, *armed* and causing trouble at this point, prepare to get horizontal.

I'm sure someone is going to get iced that was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and god knows you may have some trigger happy guardsmen, but what is the alternative at this point? Just sit back and let the chaos continue? People are dying because of these ass holes already, not to mention the rapes that have been reported. This isn't a time to be PC. For once, force legitimately needs to be used, and fast.

my .02

[Edited on Sep 02, 2005 11:25AM]

Shiiiiit.

i don't think anyone likes it, honestly. fuck, i HOPE no likes it. people being happy at the prospect of other people dying is saddening.

Wow, this thread is like a convention of ITG: Internet Tough Guys

Maybe, maybe not. Blanco sounds pretty gung ho about it.



[Edited on Sep 02, 2005 by SuperNintendo]

I will admit this is a minor point, but does it bother anyone else when politicians try and talk like action movie heros?

Because it makes my eyes roll like this:

Those looters aren't going to shoot themselves (though I really wish they would).

It's not like they're going in for head-hunting. They'll likely be following a set of R.O.E. along the lines of "shoot only if shot at first".

EDITed for grammar.

[Edited on Sep 02, 2005 by Phoebus]

it is so sad that it has had to come to this.
something has to be done though....

Nope. More entertaining to sit back and watch the bloodthirsty message board generals.

Actually, and I wish I could find the source link, but the AP posted this a few days back...

"At a drug store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. One looter shot and wounded a fellow looter, who was taken to a hospital and survived."

So, hey, at least they tried.

*just trying to add some levity to a horrible situation people*

Is it the proper terminology? Oh. OK. Then never mind. I just thought it was something cool to say before going to shoot the bad guys.

This should have been the case from day one