By contrast, 249 police officers in New Orleans left their posts, nearly 15% of the force, all of whom could be facing a special tribunal. The Police Chief Eddie Compass resigns and at least 2 officers including his spokesman committed suicide,
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Somethings wrong with this picture, and I think I know what it is. I believe that the difference is in both leadership and character - leadership throughout the city's administration and the character of a city and a large segment of it's people, steeped in corruption, crime, and a lack of both morals and moral fiber.
Mike Green knows about New Orleans. He and his family suffered from
the seedy, menacing underbelly of that wonderfully eclectic mixture of cultures and peoples in a city most noted for its music and wild revelry.
This black man's indictment is the most damning I read to date.
Last week, the nation was provided a glimpse of what many of our leaders have known for a long time. There is a cesspool of problems percolating beneath the surface of the music, Cajun cuisine, revelry and laughter that masked the pain of that place. It has remained that way for many years. And as long as those forgotten people, living in secret squalor, maintained their rancid way of life without disturbing the tourists, from time to time the city would toss a bone or two their way from the table of plenty.
But today, it is the nation that is now saddled with determining how best to accommodate thousands of the poor, who had little before and now have nothing. Today, the nation is reeling from the impact of massive devastation it has witnessed in epic proportions. Moreover, it is taken aback by the massive amount of dirt New Orleans had been sweeping under its streets that surfaced as the wealthy and elite found refuge from the rising tide of vengeful malevolence.
If you have trouble keeping track of what's true and what's not, a good round-up can be found at Katrina Folklore vs Fact at Gateway Pundit.