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January 04, 2007
Hold That Thought
Days after the police chief said he believed his department was bringing murders under control in New Orleans, the city logged at least five killings in 14 hours.They brought the 2007 total to six, including one on New Year's Day.
Um...oy.
At a New Year's Day news conference, Superintendent Warren Riley said homicides in the city had spiked in April, May and July, and he believed new initiatives have brought the problem under control in recent months.Police spokeswoman Bambi Hall said Tuesday that, after 19 killings in October and another 19 in November, December's total had been 15.
There were 161 murders in the city in 2006.
161 murders with three quarters of the city's population GONE.
-".357 magnum with those fries, ma'am?" ©TPI
Posted by tree hugging sister at January 4, 2007 11:17 AM
Comments
Is anyone else amused (in a rather disturbing way) that the city's police spokeschick is named "Bambi"?
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 4, 2007 11:31 AM
Is anyone else amused (in a rather disturbing way) that the city's police spokeschick is named "Bambi"?
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 4, 2007 11:32 AM
Grr.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 4, 2007 11:33 AM
Don't you mean "mee-ow" Ken?
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at January 4, 2007 12:44 PM
Yeah, but THS, the 1/4 of the population left is greatly enriched in the kind of people who commit murders. Those too drugged up, too stupid, or too opportunistic to leave. No surprise that the rate didn't change much, despite the smaller sample.
Posted by: John at January 4, 2007 02:01 PM
Maybe the Army Corp of Engineers can change the flow of the river to completely surround New Orleans and it would become a southern version of what was depicted in Escape from New York.
Posted by: Prussian Tiger at January 4, 2007 11:57 PM