[lbo-talk] Rogue N.O. cops

[Carl Remick]

I think the larger point is that NO has disintegrated as a society, with its 
government, police, public health and other public resources completely 
overwhelmed.  I was just listening to a CNN reporter at the Superbowl 
talking in shocked tones about seeing a man go into convulsions and die on 
the scene with no medical intervention.  You get the impression that no one 
is in charge anywhere or has the slightest idea what to do next.

Carl


>From: "Max Sawicky" <sawicky at epinet.org>
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>If you read more of his diary, you would see he also has been talking to
>other police trying to make the best of the situation. -- mbs
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>WS:
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>It strikes me as making the same type of blanket prejudice based on the
>status of the involved person as some of the media stories showing black
>people "looting" and white people "retrieving goods."
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>Undoubtedly, there are corrupt cops in NO - is not it what NO is known
>for?
>- but it is also good police work to retrieve weapons and ammunition or
>cash
>in the situation of total lawlessness.  The cops observed doing that may
>be
>doing good police work or looting, or perhaps some of each, but the
>casual
>observer has no way of knowing which.  He/she makes a blanket judgment
>based
>on his/her own prejudices - just as the media people do.
>
>Have the common sense and critical judgment went south altogether on
>this
>list?
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>Wojtek
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