NBC Nightly News doing story on recent crime wave in N.O. (1 Viewer)

[purvis_guy]

Lead sentence: In the past week more americans have been killed in New Orleans than in Iraq!

 

[Oates]

there's no such thing as bad press

 

[RebSaint]

Exactly why the United States needs to do its nation building in this nation.

 

[DadsDream]

"We have a culture, a certain population in this city with an intent on committing violent crime. They feel no repercussion, they have no fear of police."
Assistant Superintendent of Police Steven Nicholas.

MSNBC
Homicides on the rise in New Orleans
City's murder rate is 30 percent higher than any other U.S. city
By Martin Savidge
Correspondent
Updated: 37 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS - In the last week more Americans have died in New Orleans than in Iraq. Since Dec. 29, there have been eight military deaths. In the Big Easy, there have been 14 murders.

Among the latest victims: Helen Hill, a 36-year-old mother shot in her home in front of her husband and 2-year-old.

"She was just such a wonderful person," says friend Sheri Branch, "the brightest spot of New Orleans to me."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16490563/

 

[HouDat]

Clearly the mayor of Houston is behind this.

 

[JimEverett]

The murder in MArigny yesterday is absolutely horrible. Made me want to vomit. There is a very sick element in New Orleans.

 

[HannibalSpector]

I am so ******. Our mayor is the invisible man (except he was at the Sugar Bowl, where he was lustily booed when they put him on the screen), our DA is an incompetent joke (13% conviction rate of homicide suspects arrested and too busy with the Danziger 7), and our police cheif seems to be overwhelmed. This is going to destroy the recovery if rapid change does not occur.

 

[thewyrm]

Yeah but guys, Bush has increased the funding of aid to African nations by 3 billion dollars! /sarcasm off

 

[NCSaint]

The murder in MArigny yesterday is absolutely horrible. Made me want to vomit. There is a very sick element in New Orleans.

Where at in the Marigny? We just spent the weekend in the Marigny and everything was fine but I can't lie...I had some serious concerns the whole time.

 

[NCSaint]

holy ****!!! It was on Frenchmen street.

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/New_Orleans_Crime_Shoots_Holes_In_Recovery.asp

 

[JimEverett]

2444 North Rampart
A physician was shot protecting his 2 year old son and his filmmaker wife was killed.

I lived in Marigny and Bywater when I lived in New Orleans. It was and is as safe as Uptown (don't let anyone fool you) but things like this happen all over the city.

 

[NCSaint]

2444 North Rampart
A physician was shot protecting his 2 year old son and his filmmaker wife was killed.

I lived in Marigny and Bywater when I lived in New Orleans. It was and is as safe as Uptown (don't let anyone fool you) but things like this happen all over the city.

We had a really great time making friends with everyone at the hotel even the cleaning staff. But I knew to stay South of Rampart so I never made it up and over in that part. At night I took a taxi to the FQ. Walked up to Port of Call one afternoon which was fine but I kept an eye out. Had to make it over to Walgreens on Elysian Fields/St. Claude one day and was wishing I wouldn't have.

Damn shame what is happening to a truly amazing city.

 

[jimwnola]

Im sure this has nothing to do with New Orleans being the new
favorite destination of the ever growing wave of illegal immigrants.

If that isn't sarcasm, you are, in fact correct. The typical illegal immigrant comes to this country to work, not murder people. New Orleans crime rate was horrible long before illegal immigrants arrived. If anything, the crime rate might convince the illegals it's not worth the risk to stay and rebuild homes around here. Even using 2003 statistics, NOLA's murder rate was over 15 times higher than El Paso and over 10 times higher than San Diego.