Just another day in New Orleans

Brennan77 said
Yep. I think those whose initial reaction to more law enforcement in struggling Nola is cynicism need to consider why that is. It's just...weird. Because I'm on the road all day, I happened to be in the flow of two of these incidents by chance. I was absolutely impressed by the coordination and skill with which the pursuit was happening amongst normal traffic. Also the fact that anyone at all was pursuing a criminal was eye opening.

I'll take all the "cowboys" that we can get. I'm sick of living in a sheet hole with no standards of lawfulness. I hate that I'm forced to seriously consider relocating away from family every single year because this city is so broken. New Orleans deserves better.

So you don’t acknowledge that crime had dropped precipitously well before the cowboys arrived

And the cynicism you allude to is actually common sense
Almost every time there is a force buildup, an increase in crime usually returns after the initial ‘show of force’ phase
And that cop money is almost always better spent on youth involvement vs the punishment end
It still stuns me that some of y’all can see the incarceration levels of this state and then argue for more cops - THAT is cynical

And it bears stating that BR and other La city/towns have a similar crime % and yet this is where the dog and pony show performs??