Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (4 Viewers)

[Madmarsha]

Question: Given that the person's license plate was apparently from Texas, would that also automatically necessitate the FBI involvement whether "terrorism" or not?

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Spoke to someone who used to work these big event crowds down there. Said they sometimes remove barricades for the night past a certain point, if this happened deep into the hours of the night, those may have been "picked up" for the day.

I guess that makes some sense as you have to roll street cleaners, trash collection trucks, food/beverage suppliers for restaurants and bars as well as pest control services (yes some establishments do actually contract with them). But, those entry and exit points really should be monitored more closely during that time of night/morning if that’s the case.

 

[Madmarsha]

Condolences to the city right now. Our statistical outliers can do untold damage to the rest of us with the technology we have at our ready disposal.



I can’t agree with this. All sober violence isn’t terroristic. Terrorists use violence to instill fear for some form of policy change. Their target is the survivors. The third category is just plain loons. The Columbine kids weren’t worried about what the survivors did, they just wanted to take lives. That’s what most of these are really. Category 3: the mentally ill. Maybe this guy had a manifesto or cause of some sort, but my guess is he was just mentally broken and people in the wrong place wrong time were collateral damage to his suicide.

He's reportedly dead and IF his vehicle was his personal one registered to him, we should soon at least have an ID.

 

[Madmarsha]

Spoke to someone who used to work these big event crowds down there. Said they sometimes remove barricades for the night past a certain point, if this happened deep into the hours of the night, those may have been "picked up" for the day.

This is what I'm thinking as the time was 3:20. Sure there were still people out but probably much less than closer to midnight.

 

[Madmarsha]

WDSU interviewing Councilman Freddie King outside of University Medical Center right now. Seems to think right now there may be more involved (not sure how credible that is). He also briefly brought up the Howard Johnson's shooting of 51 years ago (which I think he's way too young to even remember). The bollard info is still not clear. There's also construction till going on at 700 and 800 blocks of Bourbon. He praised NOPD. Has not spoken to either of the officers.

 

[Madmarsha]

(yes some establishments do actually contract with them).

#fakenews. This is the French Quarter. Let's be real. lol

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

This is what I'm thinking as the time was 3:20. Sure there were still people out but probably much less than closer to midnight.

I saw someone on national news say that too, but i dont know- 3am in NOLA is way more crowded than any other city at 12am on new year’s … technically i guess the people on that part of Bourbon may have been packed in like canned fish instead of sardines.. then again, sardines ARE canned fish, so i dont know …

 

[GrandAdmiral]

With two major sporting events taking place in the city, the NCAA & NFL can't be happy with how she described this incident. She definitely fumbled her time behind the mic this morning. Not a good look by a mayor.

I am no fan of Cantrell, but I think you're being overdramatic again. Link gives a decent explanation as to why the mayor and the FBI are saying two different things.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk#cm5dxaant0000356mnvmcjc0z

And to your point about future events, that's not going happen. Is the NFL going to stop having events in New York, Atlanta, L.A., who have experienced far worse events then this? No. Neither will be the case here.

I hope we can focus on the lives lost or injured today and not these assumptions that have nothing to do with it.

 

[Madmarsha]

I saw someone on national news say that too, but i dont know- 3am in NOLA is way more crowded than any other city at 12am on new year’s … technically i guess the people on that part of Bourbon my have been packed in like canned fish instead of sardines.. then again, sardines ARE canned fish, so i dont know …

Mos def can't compare 3 am in NOLA to any other city even on NYE.

 

[RaginSaint93]

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

#fakenews. This is the French Quarter. Let's be real. lol

I just happen to know someone who owns a pest control company that does a good bit of work down there. Yeah, it’s a losing battle, but they try…

 

[Madmarsha]

I just happen to know someone who owns a pest control company that does a good bit of work down there. Yeah, it’s a losing battle, but they try…

Then there's the ROUS's.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Where was the reporting that the victims were mostly local?

Kirkpatrick said it in the first press conference.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Then there's the ROUS's.

I dont believe they exi-