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Originally posted by jyl
When crowds of people tried to flee New Orleans on foot after the flooding, police stopped them at gunpoint/gunshot and ordered them back into the flooded city. Techweenie pointed this out in another thread, then it got discussed in yet another, but some people said the story was fabricated because it was first reported in second-tier (or worse) media sources. Now it's been reported in the New York Times and the key point confirmed with the relevant police department. So I think it deserves its own thread.
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I like the way you use the term "second-tier (or worse) media sources"! Why don't you just come out and say that the "story" was from the "Socialist Worker"? The article itself isn't afraid to say it. (Of course, for the NY Times, the "Socialist Worker" is probably considered to be a reliable source.)
Other sources (posted on the other thread) showed that the facts of the case appeared to be quite different than the way they were portrayed in the Socialist Worker article. The police had fired warning shots when certain crowds had become hostile.
As I said before (in the other thread), I'm not opposed to condemning bad police behavior; I just don't want to jump on the bandwagon of someone with an agenda who is twisting facts to suit their goals. I also am not opposed to the police doing their job of protecting the communities they have taken an oath to protect. They have a responsibility to defend their communities against having mobs of people (hoodlums?) wander around their city.