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Average number of New Orleanians killed by gunfire each month since 2000: 16
Number of the 1,035 confirmed Hurricane Katrina‒related deaths that were caused by gunfire: 8
Morning Edition, August 14, 2008 · A judge has thrown out charges against six New Orleans police officers and a former officer accused in fatal shootings on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The shootings left two men dead and four others wounded.
Originally posted by TheHunted
The fact is people were shooting, that means people were being shot at. They didn't confiscate guns to overrun the town. They did it for their safety and the safety of citizens.
Originally posted by TheHunted
From what I have been reading some Americans don't trust the military to protect them from our government.
Originally posted by TheHunted
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
New Orleans was a hostile zone during that time. Crime in the city was at an all time high. People were actually sniping people off from bridges. The National Guard who was there trying to restore order were being used as target practice as well. Anybody with a weapon was a posible threat. Don't know if you ever been in a combat zone, you take nothing for granted.
Why would I want to put a bullet in your head? Because we disagreed in another thread. Sounds like you are holding a grudge. You never know we may see eye to eye on other things. I don't want to see you get shot...Stop making me out to be the bad guy.
Originally posted by TheHunted
...Until you are in that soldiers boots you have no idea what its like to be in that situation.
Take 100 soldiers from Wisconsin, assign them to secure a water treatment facility in Alabama. When scores of thirsty people come storming over the hill to get water by force, do you THINK the 1st Lieutenant is gong to stop and say