Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (3 Viewers)

Couple of quick thoughts.

1) Condolences to the family and friends of the victims of this traumatic event. And to the city of NO during what's supposed to be a time of celebration. Awful situation.

2) I've seen some express that the NFL, NCAA etc will have second thoughts about holding their biggest events there, and I don't think that's true at all. And why should NOLA suffer needlessly (they've alteady suffered enough) because of something someone not from the city did? The barricade issue if it turns out the city botched that, will be a big deal though.

3) My first thought is this was domestic terrorism, but we don't know because we don't know who the perpetrator was and what his motives were. Until the facts are known, I'd just say it was terrorism, but don't know if it's simply domestic or not, and particularly of interest is the speculation that the flag was an ISIS flag.

We'll find out soon enough imo.
 
Obviously take it for what it’s worth

There are steel street closure mechanisms that don't work because the city bailed on the maintenance contract. This was preventable and is really embarrassing.
Yep, read that but also that they were removing them to replace for Super Bowl (which seems late). But also that because of the debris that collects in the tracks that they become impossible to use (part of bailing on the maintenance). But whatever turns out to be the most correct reason, that's why I hunna percent believe they were not up.
 
I read that the suspect crossed the border at Eagle Pass two days ago
 
I sure hope that the media news reports get out as quickly as possible that the person(s) involved with this crime is not attached to the city of New Orleans in any way. The narrative needs to be that the city was victimized by someone from outside this area and is not part of any local gang or hate group. This attack could have literally happened in any city around the country.
 
I read that the suspect crossed the border at Eagle Pass two days ago
Yeah, heard that but confused me given that the truck has Texas plates to a rental place and we don't yet have an ID on the perp himself. So was it the truck that was tracked with him in it or what?
 
I sure hope that the media news reports get out as quickly as possible that the person(s) involved with this crime is not attached to the city of New Orleans in any way. The narrative needs to be that the city was victimized by someone from outside this area and is not part of any local gang or hate group. This attack could have literally happened in any city around the country.
What difference does that make?
 
They're now saying it was in November and that driver is not the suspect. If it is indeed a rental that would make sense.
Yeah, makes sense. So still nothing about this guy himself
 
I sure hope that the media news reports get out as quickly as possible that the person(s) involved with this crime is not attached to the city of New Orleans in any way. The narrative needs to be that the city was victimized by someone from outside this area and is not part of any local gang or hate group. This attack could have literally happened in any city around the country.
Well, even if the individual was from NO, that shouldn't matter. There are bat sheet people in every city.
 
4 years ago and then 2 years ago, I think my timeline may be off a little. A drunk person drove into a crowd during Mardi Gras.
Here's the thread on the older of those

 
Yeah, heard that but confused me given that the truck has Texas plates to a rental place and we don't yet have an ID on the perp himself. So was it the truck that was tracked with him in it or what?
No idea. Sad part is that I left thinking how great the people were being last night
 

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