The victims haven't turned on FEMA. This is a handful (or less) of freaked punks, and as Mayor Nagin stated, most likely drug addicts with
guns.
You may be right, but you can't know the number of "punks" in this group. There's no doubt that anything this man says should be treated with a
huge grain the salt, but until you've been on the ground in NO, you can't say what's really going on.
I work with a guy who has a close family friend that lives in NO. The guy was going around in a boat helping people off their roofs and getting them
to dry land. From the number of times he was shot at, it sounded like quite a bit more than a few drug addicts w/ guns.
Police outnumbered and outgunned
Overnight, police snipers were stationed on the roof of their precinct, trying to protect it from gunmen roaming through the city, CNN's Chris
Lawrence reported.
One New Orleans police sergeant compared the situation to Somalia and said officers were outnumbered and outgunned by gangs in trucks.
"It's a war zone, and they're not treating it like one," he said, referring to the federal government. (Watch the video report on explosions and
gunfire -- 2:12)
The officer hitched a ride to Baton Rouge Friday morning, after working 60 hours straight in the flooded city. He has not decided whether he will
return.
He broke down in tears when he described the deaths of his fellow officers, saying many had drowned doing their jobs. Other officers have turned in
their badges as the situation continues to deteriorate.
In one incident, the sergeant said gunmen fired rifles and AK-47s at the helicopters flying overhead.
He said he saw bodies riddled with bullet holes, and the top of one man's head completely shot off.
Lt. Gen Steven Blum of the National Guard said that as many as 2,600 National Guard troops were expected to arrive in Louisiana Friday to join the
nearly 2,000 who went in Thursday.
[edit on 9/2/2005 by yadboy]
