New Orleans: A City In Pain
by Chicher • Saturday, February 28th, 2009 - 9:47 pm“I was standing on the hotel balcony at 110 bourbon when this happened.” -Chicher
The people of New Orleans are hurting. And even though they’re desperately short on police coverage, the National Guard has now decided to leave. How long will the suffering continue?
Tagged: Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, shootingBourbon St. Shooting Marks 12th In 24 Hours
Police Also Investigate Shootings In Mid-City, Central City
NEW ORLEANS – A shooting on Bourbon Street just as police and cleanup crews were shutting down Mardi Gras celebrations there marked the 12th shooting in 24 hours.
The latest happened just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of Bourbon Street. A 21-year-old man was shot in the back, and he was taken to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
Police declared the end of Carnival at midnight Tuesday, ushering revelers home as crews moved in to clean up the French Quarter. The shooting capped a violent 24 hours of what would have been an otherwise successful Mardi Gras.
Story continues below ?advertisement | your ad hereSeven people were shot along St. Charles Avenue on Tuesday afternoon and four others were shot in separate incidents on Tuesday. No one was killed.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
It was really sad to hear those shots after the police had finished their traditional walk up the street to close Mardi Gras. The NOPD roped off the street, but the crowds didn't stay clear until state police, actually one state police trooper, stood down about three hundred people and moved them out of the area.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:56 am
Ugh. Not a good ending.
March 1st, 2009 at 4:42 pm
While receiving a dose of criticism from progressives for his Iraq policy, the new president should nonetheless get some kudos for his unilateral troop withdrawal from another devastated, corrupt, seemingly ungovernable region that occurred this morning, albeit with little fanfare.
Yes, like Iraq, President Obama had the resolve not to abandon New Orleans, or worse yet, go with the original Biden plan of partitioning the city into autonomous enclaves run by Crips, Fortunetellers, Latin Kings, Vampires, Bloods, Goths, and cajuns. Had the new President simply acquiesced to political pragmatism, the Big Easy almost certainly would not have healed to once again shine as the gem of the deep south. . .
March 1st, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Healed? What friggin planet are you on?
March 1st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
That was sarcasm. . .
March 1st, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Bob, I caught your sarcasm.
You have to overlook QuestionGirl. Subtle nuance is lost on people of advanced age.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:40 pm
In the words of Rosanna Rosannadanna......nevermind. QG is off her game with all that's going on here.
Oh and Buck.....
March 1st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
LOLOLOL!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:20 am
cajuns?
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Typical activites of New Orleans. It should not surprise anyone familiar with the crime continuing in this city. It is nothing new . . . part of the ways of the current police force.