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I've heard that a CNN reporter in New Orleans right in front of the convention center was carjacked live on the air. Any confirmation? The convention center is holding many thousands of people as it's where they sent everyone when the Superdome was too crowded. As of this morning, a CNN reporter at the convention center was saying he didn't see any police or national guard around. No one was in charge and they had little to no supplies. I don't know if it got better later in the day. It boggles my mind that national guard and police weren't stationed at the convention center in force as one of the top priorities.
edit: oh my God... this is apparently pasted from an Associated Press story:
4:15 P.M. - (AP): Police say storm victims are being raped and beaten inside the New Orleans Convention Center.
About 15,200 people who had taken shelter at the convention center to await buses grew increasingly hostile.
Police Chief Eddie Compass says he sent in 88 officers to quell the situation at the building, but they were quickly beaten back by an angry mob.
Compass says, "We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten."
He says tourists are walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon.
WHERE THE HELL WAS THE NATIONAL GUARD?!
A good New Orleans newspaper has been reporting online in sort of a blog style during this disaster. It's definitely worth a visit.
That and the hospitals... at 3:18pm EST, a reporter at Charity hospital said there were no police or national guard there and doctors feared for their lives as they desperately tried to care for patients.
CNN's on the scene blog page for today is here.
I just read that a FEMA director was claiming on TV that the security situation was pretty good at about the same time a police spokesman was saying that they'd lost control of the city. Eyewitness reports back up the police on this one. I don't get what the FEMA guy thought he was doing.
I've also read that a CNN anchor basically went off on the air about the slow relief response, calling President Bush's response negligent beyond belief and blasting the continuing severe shortage of food and water several days into the crisis. Quote: ". "Where the hell is the water for these people?! Why can we not drop samwiches for these people at the superdome? Christ, its THURSDAY!" I'm getting this information secondhand as I haven't been watching TV. Most is from scanning this Fark thread and others. I'd really like to get confirmation on this one from anyone who saw the broadcast.
edit: oh my God... this is apparently pasted from an Associated Press story:
4:15 P.M. - (AP): Police say storm victims are being raped and beaten inside the New Orleans Convention Center.
About 15,200 people who had taken shelter at the convention center to await buses grew increasingly hostile.
Police Chief Eddie Compass says he sent in 88 officers to quell the situation at the building, but they were quickly beaten back by an angry mob.
Compass says, "We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten."
He says tourists are walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon.
WHERE THE HELL WAS THE NATIONAL GUARD?!
A good New Orleans newspaper has been reporting online in sort of a blog style during this disaster. It's definitely worth a visit.
That and the hospitals... at 3:18pm EST, a reporter at Charity hospital said there were no police or national guard there and doctors feared for their lives as they desperately tried to care for patients.
CNN's on the scene blog page for today is here.
I just read that a FEMA director was claiming on TV that the security situation was pretty good at about the same time a police spokesman was saying that they'd lost control of the city. Eyewitness reports back up the police on this one. I don't get what the FEMA guy thought he was doing.
I've also read that a CNN anchor basically went off on the air about the slow relief response, calling President Bush's response negligent beyond belief and blasting the continuing severe shortage of food and water several days into the crisis. Quote: ". "Where the hell is the water for these people?! Why can we not drop samwiches for these people at the superdome? Christ, its THURSDAY!" I'm getting this information secondhand as I haven't been watching TV. Most is from scanning this Fark thread and others. I'd really like to get confirmation on this one from anyone who saw the broadcast.
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