Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (16 Viewers)

[Madmarsha]

Picture of white Ford F-150 crashed. Looks fairly new. Shortbed. 4 bullet holes in back window. Can read almost the entire plate if zoom in.

 

[Eeyore]

That’s what the mayor said.. im not sure the exact definition of terrorism these days, but i guess if one guy acting alone is terrorism, then yeah .








Many many MANY things .

They recently labeled a person who shot another in New York a terrorist. Everything is terrorism now.

 

[Zardnok]

9 oit of 10 times? What NOLA monster city have created in your mind? Sir, can you show me a story of someone driving drunk in New Orleans plowing through pedestrians then getting out and shooting while there's an explosive device in the vehicle?

For the record, drunk drivers kill pedestrians in every city, not just New Orleans.

I-20 is still closed in Mesquite Texas after a drunk driver slammed into 4 people changing a tire killing them all...

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

It should be automatically expected that holes in walls will have unwanted guests while at the same time having the best food.

You talkin’ about you?


PS - You ain’t wrong.

 

[Brennan77]

Picture of white Ford F-150 crashed. Looks fairly new. Shortbed. 4 bullet holes in back window. Can read almost the entire plate if zoom in.

Is that a flag pole on the back of the truck?

 

[Madmarsha]

They recently labeled a person who shot another in New York a terrorist. Everything is terrorism now.

True but they're also saying this guy was in full body armor. That it was not a "body" kill and he was shooting cops with an AK. So we can enter that circular debate as well.

Man I'm getting an earful on Reddit.

I'm thinking this bollard system is going to become a heavy topic.

 

[brandon8283]

Is that a flag pole on the back of the truck?

Looks like it.

Too early to speculate, but there’s definitely a certain demographic that drives an F150 with Texas plates and a flag flying from the back of it.

Edit: as a matter of fact, it looks like someone (driver or otherwise) put that jacket over the flag specifically to hide what was on the banner. You can clearly see the eye loop of a flag under the jacket.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Is that a flag pole on the back of the truck?

Looks like it. Whatever it's holding is wrapped around it.

ETA: what Brandon said.

 

[Bill]

I am no fan of Cantrell, but I think you're being overdramatic again. Link gives a decent explanation as to why the mayor and the FBI are saying two different things.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk#cm5dxaant0000356mnvmcjc0z

And to your point about future events, that's not going happen. Is the NFL going to stop having events in New York, Atlanta, L.A., who have experienced far worse events then this? No. Neither will be the case here.

I hope we can focus on the lives lost or injured today and not these assumptions that have nothing to do with it.

If you knew me you would know that I have zero partisan political affiliations. I don't have any feelings for or against Mayor Cantrell. What I do know is that one of the biggest roles of a mayor is to promote their city in the best light possible; to attract more people to become potential tourists to the area. I was not trying to overdramatize her statement. I believe that most people who have love for the city would have wanted the verbiage to be more reassuring during those early hours of the investigation while allowing the local & federal law enforcement agencies to raise the level of caution if necessary.

But yes, this is not the time for bickering or second guessing the actions of the officials involved. For now the loss of lives, the injuries, and the way this incident will change the lives those directly affected need to be the prime consideration for all of us who are hungry to know the details of this tragic event. I can assure you that I was not trying to infer anything of a political nature.

 

[RaginCajun83]

Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims

 

[Madmarsha]

Is that a flag pole on the back of the truck?

Yes. That is going to become another big point. I've heard an "Isis" flag. But whatever, that's another point of why the FBI is involved.

 

[Bill]

Where was the reporting that the victims were mostly local?

The New Orleans police superintendent in her initial statement to the media this morning said that during her early interviews she learned that the majority of the victims 'appears' to be local to this area rather than visitors/tourists who may be in town for the playoff game.

 

[Sun Wukong]

Reports now that the truck supposedly had its plates scanned crossing the border at Eagle Pass Texas two days ago.

 

[efil4stnias]

I'm just waking up to this?

Luckily (in some regard) is that this happened at 3am vs 1130pm.

What a tragedy.

 

[El Caliente]

I wonder why they haven’t released the guys identity yet.

It’s a shame they killed him (I mean, good riddance to bad rubbish), but I wish we could have learned his motive.