Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities

this press conference is a free fall. admitted barriers were broke, chief says have been for a "long time", mayor even mentioned Mardi Gras beads could have contributed to the malfunction. people are dead, the city is going to have major legal problems. Kirkpatrick is in way over her head.
possibly but they just need to see the video we saw here. he drove on a wide sidewalk around an active cop car. The situation would have been difficult to fully prevent without completely shutting down the street all the way to the buildings. Even then, a heavy EV can obliterate most barricades