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| Prisoners Riot, Take Child Hostages in New Orleans |
| 2005-08-31 |
| Inmates at a prison in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have rioted, attempted to escape and are now holding hostages, a prison commissioner told ABC News affiliate WBRZ in Baton Rouge, La. Escalating crackdown on the agenda A deputy at Orleans Parish Prison, his wife and their four children have been taken hostage by rioting prisoners after riding out Hurricane Katrina inside the jail building, according to WBRZ. Officials are expected to hold a press conference regarding the riots at 9 p.m. ET. A woman interviewed by WBRZ said her son, a deputy at the prison whose family is among the hostages, told her that many of the prisoners have fashioned homemade weapons. Her son had brought his family there hoping they would be safe during the storm. holding child hostages? clear the prison with live fire - shoot to kill these f*&kers |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #31 I had always heard that Louisiana was the northernmost banana republic. |
| Posted by: mac 2005-08-31 23:08 |
| #30 Mrs. Davis - I have not heard of any looting in Jefferson Parish. And if Lee ran out of ammo (highly unlikely) most Jeffersonians are - shall we say - 'Jeffersonian' (i.e. armed and dangerous). Seafarious, thanks. But I should be ok. Family is all safe, with residence in Dallas and Baton Rouge. Employer (evil oil company) is supportive. What I left behind is just 'stuff'. Some of which we'll miss (wife's new Miata & gun safe and contents.) Will be in limbo a month or two, then we'll go from there. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-08-31 19:18 |
| #29 Now we're going to hear endlessly how nobody planned for the aftermath... The Huffington Post is already on it. With a side of "bring the troops home!" thrown in for free. In addition, Harry Shearer has been playing the "nobody planned for the aftermath!" card all day. Kicking himself for not beating RFK Jr to the punch, Russell "Who?" Shaw asks the musical question, If Carter beat Reagan in 1980, would New Orleans have flooded? Youse mugs should know better than to try to parody lefty thinking. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-08-31 18:10 |
| #28 #15 rc This is so very true, and the truth hurts. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-31 17:48 |
| #27 Best wishes, Glenmore, and good luck. Let us know if we can help... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-08-31 17:30 |
| #26 What's our exit strategy? |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-08-31 17:22 |
| #25 Poor planning again. Bush is in favor of looting. |
| Posted by: Hank 2005-08-31 16:10 |
| #24 Mrs. D, spearguns. >:> |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-31 15:55 |
| #23 Of which is Sheriff Lee shorter, ammo or looters? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-31 14:42 |
| #22 I'm from Jefferson Parish (currently evacuated to Baton Rouge). A number of people did not leave. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, was quoted early on 'There is a curfew ...., if you are seen on the street you will be arrested. If you are seen on private property (looting) you will be shot.' He meant it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-08-31 14:39 |
| #21 Oh, just great, Curt! Now we're going to hear endlessly how nobody planned for the aftermath... |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-31 12:44 |
| #20 Kind of puts the looting in Baghdad in perspective, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: Curt Simon 2005-08-31 11:36 |
| #19 great - Jefferson Parish Bugtis? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-31 10:10 |
| #18 This isn't Waziristan, whatever the local thug brigade says. It isn't Waziristan, but you don't have to be a Waziri or even a Moslem to be a barbarian thug, and the balance of power shifted to the thugs there a long while ago. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-08-31 09:59 |
| #17 This isn't Waziristan, whatever the local thug brigade says. We'll see about that. If they start blowing up the power stations and causeways as they're being rebuilt, we'll know. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-08-31 09:33 |
| #16 New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas confirmed there was a hostage situation at the Orleans Parish Prison, but attempts at learning whether it was a continuing situation were unsuccessful because all communications systems were down. There was a earlier rumor that prisoners from a flooded jail had been taken to the Superdome and had taken hostages there. That is the one that was false. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-08-31 08:42 |
| #15 Okay, this has gone far enough, the US isn't a freakin' Third World country. Parts of it are inhabited by people who think like they're Third Worlders, though. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-31 08:11 |
| #14 At the risk of repeating myself: Shoot on sight. Rinse, repeat. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-31 06:56 |
| #13 The whole sad state of affairs in NO is all about Dems who were in power that didn't take care of business. Same story at the State level. Toss in corruption and shake well and you'll get LA politics. The rip offs and scams that will flow out of this total disaster will be with us like the rebuilding, for years. Under Marshal law shoot on sight orders can be given. But seeing these are Democrats in control we are talking about this isn't going to be something that happens even if it should. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-08-31 05:00 |
| #12 Someone on another blog is saying it is now being reported that this hostage situation is a hoax. We'll see. |
| Posted by: RG 2005-08-31 02:47 |
| #11 Dan, apparently (from what I've read around the web tonight) martial law doesn't necessarily suspend the civil courts. What it does is relieve law enforcement of a lot of procedural stuff they ordinarily have to do, and gives state officials the power to say, "you can't do that" without having a law passed to say that. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-08-31 01:58 |
| #10 Eh, I figure only if they're white, Dan. Being in prison and all, their regular civil liberties have already been suspended, etc. Therefore their inalienable civil rights trump all. |
| Posted by: asedwich 2005-08-31 01:37 |
| #9 If a state of emergency/martial law has been declared, we can just summarily shoot the bastards, right? I mean, that's all kosher now, correct? |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-08-31 01:13 |
| #8 From The Simpsons version of A Streetcar Named Desire Wiggum: Long before the SuperDome, Where the Saints of football play, Lived a city that the damned called home. Hear their hellish roundelay... Cast: New Orleans! Home of pirates, drunks, and whores! New Orleans! Tacky, overpriced, souvenir stores! If you want to go to hell, you should make that trip, To the Sodom and Gomorrah on the Mississipp'! New Orleans! Stinking, rotten, vomiting, vile! New Orleans! Putrid, brackish, maggoty, foul! New Orleans! Crummy, lousy, rancid, and rank! New Orleans... |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-08-31 01:05 |
| #7 Moment they took hostages in such a bad situation, especailly children, they forfieted not being shot. |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-08-31 00:58 |
| #6 Call in the snipers. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-08-31 00:54 |
| #5 Dan, I lived through the 1977 NYC blackout. Now, that was scary. Canarsie wasn't hit by rioters, but East New York, a mile away, was. Now, considering the things New Orleans cops have done in the past, I can easily imagine them looting stores. A few years ago, one cop got the death penalty for murdering her partner during a robbery. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2005-08-31 00:39 |
| #4 Lights out in New York is a bit different than what is taking place on the Gulf. And it takes more than flashlights and a day or two to remedy this tragedy. Still, I share Frank's sentiments in shooting the mofos. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-31 00:21 |
| #3 You said it, Steve. This isn't Waziristan, whatever the local thug brigade says. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-08-31 00:17 |
| #2 Gotta agree. Do whatever is necessary to protect and rescue the children. Then the cons responsible get hammered. I think they need a 'Malkovich' done to them. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-08-31 00:16 |
| #1 Okay, this has gone far enough, the US isn't a freakin' Third World country. NYC went through the 2003 blackout without a hitch and New Orleans turns into "Lord of the Flies" overnight after a hurricane? WTF? |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-08-31 00:03 |