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Nation's Police Come to Aid of NOLA

By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 02:24:16 PM EST
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by Last Night in Little Rock

The NY Times reports today that police officers from neighboring states and from around the nation have taken leave at home and come to NOLA with cars and equipment from their departments to aid NOLA Police in restoring order: Duty Binds Officers Who Have Come to Help After Storm.

Almost two weeks after the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina, a hodgepodge army of law enforcement officers from around the country have converged on this city to help its besieged police force restore order. About 10,000 local, state and federal officers--from close-in locations in like Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, and as far away as Illinois, New Mexico and California--are patrolling the streets and helping the search-and-rescue efforts.

"The men and women who are here know their jobs and do it very well," said Capt. Marlon A. Defillo, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. "A robbery in New Orleans is the same as a robbery in Los Angeles. All you are doing is changing the name of the locale."

At least two dozen have taken leave from my local department, which is already short of manpower from the War in Iraq because those officers called up are not at work, but they have a right to return to work when released by the National Guard.

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    • Nation's Police Come to Aid of NOLA | 1 comment (1 topical)
    Re: Nation's Police Come to Aid of NOLA (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:37 PM EST
    Kayne West takes the easy way out.

    Its easy and less painful to just blame the white man when things go wrong rather than placing the responsibility where it belongs; on the black city officials and the people who chose to stay. If THE MAYOR WERE WHITE, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD STILL HAVE A JOB RIGHT-NOW? Kayne West takes the easy way out. He wants to be a musician but he’s a rapper. Why? Because it’s easier to rap and talk crap rather than Sing and Play a musical instrument. See, those things take work, dedication, discipline and talent. It’s easier to just TALK into a microphone and spew out lyrics you JUST wrote while taking a dump. Once again Kayne West takes the easy way out!

    Nation's Police Come to Aid of NOLA | 1 comment (1 topical)