Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (9 Viewers)

[Madmarsha]

Wonder how much this informed the decision to postpone the game for 24 hours.

 

[Dragon]

Wonder how much this informed the decision to postpone the game for 24 hours.

Probably the main reason. They want to be sure that they have found everything

 

[Innotech]

Right, I don't think there was ever a time NOLA was truly "safe". It might have felt safer to different people at different times for dfferent reasons, but like any major city there's always a certain level of danger that comes along with it.

I never visit it alone and I never stay on the street until dark. Way too dangerous.

 

[Sailorsaint]

I wonder if the remote to the IEDs malfunctioned so he just improvised by turning down bourbon st and taking people out himself??

Except that he had more in the truck with him. He may have been looking for a sufficiently crowded spot to set it off but got waylaid by the equipment in the road.

 

[Madmarsha]

I wonder how many people were killed by the truck vs. like was he able to get any shots off and kill anyone with the gun? I know Krod said his brother was hit but seems like the police were there pretty quickly after impact/crash into the construction equipment. Maybe that’s been reported but I haven’t seen it yet.

Wondering that myself. I haven't heard anything about that yet either. At first I thought he stopped the truck and got out like it was planned before I heard he crashed so I assumed it was going to be both. But now not so sure that was his plan.

 

[Innominate]

I find comments like this fascinating because for women, we always have to consider our safety when doing normal things like walking down a street, getting out of our car in our driveway, going for a jog, etc and guns don’t even have to be involved.

Other random thoughts I have/questions:

I wonder how many people were killed by the truck vs. like was he able to get any shots off and kill anyone with the gun? I know Krod said his brother was hit but seems like the police were there pretty quickly after impact/crash into the construction equipment. Maybe that’s been reported but I haven’t seen it yet.

The US military gives foreigners & their families the chance to become US citizens via a lottery where they also have to serve in the military. I don’t know what the vetting process is for that but seems like it can create opportunities for certain ideologies to creep in. Not to mention our own citizens with their radical beliefs.

People like to think the US military has their sheet on lock. I know people in the military doing certain drugs because the military doesn’t test for them. I know of a civilian working in a certain position looking up records of people in the service for their own personal entertainment which I won’t go into detail over. Military members are making tik-toks on bases and all kinds of really dumb stuff.

Honestly, our military is a joke. Not its capabilities but the lack of regulation on a lot of things and total lack of awareness around security and whatnot is really breathtaking.

I don't understand why this surprises people. The gov and military are made up of people. People have flaws and do stupid stuff. Being in the gov or military doesn't exempt them from that. Not saying you're one of those people. Just making a general comment

 

[DaveXA]

I find comments like this fascinating because for women, we always have to consider our safety when doing normal things like walking down a street, getting out of our car in our driveway, going for a jog, etc and guns don’t even have to be involved.

Other random thoughts I have/questions:

I wonder how many people were killed by the truck vs. like was he able to get any shots off and kill anyone with the gun? I know Krod said his brother was hit but seems like the police were there pretty quickly after impact/crash into the construction equipment. Maybe that’s been reported but I haven’t seen it yet.

I was wondering the same thing. There apparently were 15 fatalities and 30+ injured. I would think some of those were from gunfire.

The US military gives foreigners & their families the chance to become US citizens via a lottery where they also have to serve in the military. I don’t know what the vetting process is for that but seems like it can create opportunities for certain ideologies to creep in. Not to mention our own citizens with their radical beliefs.

There definitely is a vetting process and it's not taken lightly at all. Whether the vetting process is sufficient can certainly be debated, but it's definitely part of the process.

People like to think the US military has their sheet on lock. I know people in the military doing certain drugs because the military doesn’t test for them. I know of a civilian working in a certain position looking up records of people in the service for their own personal entertainment which I won’t go into detail over. Military members are making tik-toks on bases and all kinds of really dumb stuff.

The tiktok stuff is definitely a topic of discussion and debate, and there definitely are issues with corruption and other stuff that shouldn't be happening, but the military is a huge organization. With 1.3 million enlisted, and close to 3 million individuals work within the Department of Defense. Most take their jobs seriously, but there are a lot of knuckleheads among those 3 million people.

Honestly, our military is a joke.

Some aspects are, sure, but it's really not any more of a joke than most large organizations.

Not its capabilities but the lack of regulation on a lot of things and total lack of awareness around security and whatnot is really breathtaking.

There's a ton of security on any given military base, and there are extensive rules and regulations governing the behavior of both military and civilian employees not to mention contractors. That said, people are people and your security is only as good as the people responsible for said security.

 

[Innominate]

Except that he had more in the truck with him. He may have been looking for a sufficiently crowded spot to set it off but got waylaid by the equipment in the road.

In that scenario wouldn't you just want one big bomb?

 

[Madmarsha]

News now calling it a "caliphate flag".

 

[DaveXA]

Source? I'm the source. I served during that time and saw the changes. It was well known he displayed terrorist redflags and even reached out to terror organizations to join.

Just Google him.

I'm actually well aware of what happened. And yes, I'm aware of the red flags he displayed.

That wasn't what I was addressing though.

 

[DoubleSaint]

I wonder if the remote to the IEDs malfunctioned so he just improvised by turning down bourbon st and taking people out himself??

Maybe he thought with it being an EV, if he crashed it the battery would catch fire and that would detonate the device.

 

[DerrickB]

I find comments like this fascinating because for women, we always have to consider our safety when doing normal things like walking down a street, getting out of our car in our driveway, going for a jog, etc and guns don’t even have to be involved.

Other random thoughts I have/questions:

I wonder how many people were killed by the truck vs. like was he able to get any shots off and kill anyone with the gun? I know Krod said his brother was hit but seems like the police were there pretty quickly after impact/crash into the construction equipment. Maybe that’s been reported but I haven’t seen it yet.

The US military gives foreigners & their families the chance to become US citizens via a lottery where they also have to serve in the military. I don’t know what the vetting process is for that but seems like it can create opportunities for certain ideologies to creep in. Not to mention our own citizens with their radical beliefs.

People like to think the US military has their sheet on lock. I know people in the military doing certain drugs because the military doesn’t test for them. I know of a civilian working in a certain position looking up records of people in the service for their own personal entertainment which I won’t go into detail over. Military members are making tik-toks on bases and all kinds of really dumb stuff.

Honestly, our military is a joke. Not its capabilities but the lack of regulation on a lot of things and total lack of awareness around security and whatnot is really breathtaking.

Our military is not perfect but it's not a joke

 

[Innotech]

Yeah, agree. That's why I said mostly. Like Decatur will likely stay a main entry point for example. From there you park and walk.

I always worried about a rogue car when I was in FQ. They just cruise around all day and I sometimes pictured one driving into people. Its such an easy thing to happen.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

Our military is not perfect but it's not a joke

The complete lack of guardrails around certain security related things that are very basic, are in fact a joke.

 

[longtime lurker]

Wwl tv reporting that the FBI and Texas law enforcement are searching the killers addresses in Houston.