Talk:Gretna, Louisiana
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You certainly do have an article on Gretna.
In future disasters is it the federal government's job to overpower the local - surrounding - police force? the National Guards? or can locals shot the cops who try to kill thousands of US citzens by letting them drown? Gretna is so embarrassing that the government ( all levels ) wants to make believe they never heard of it - most US citizens ditto.
[edit] Edit 24 May
I reverted the recent edit adding this text: "The burning of the Oakwood Mall, which is located on the westbank and was looted and burned by the looters of the eastbank and a cop in Algiers (part of the westbank of Orleans Parish) being shot in the head may have played a role in the Gretna police choice to block the bridge.."
I have no objection to adding such information if confirmed and adiquately worded, but as stated above, it has some problems. 1)Wording is unclear-- did the cop in Algiers participate in the looting and burning of the mall, or should that be a separate phrase? 2)Is the idenity of the looters/arsonists known, or where they were from? Suggestions for clarifying such points? Thanks, -- Infrogmation 21:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re-added link
The gretnasucks link is really horrible. I'm not going re-remove it but the site is an extreme POV site with no primary source material. However, I was glad for the link, myself, because I had always been mystified by the white people who showed up on 60 Minutes to declare that the issue was racism. I'm thinking, well, they denied you access too, right? Now I know who they were. --Economy1 12:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I agree completely. I think the whole of the rest of the paragraph gets that across, and while not being sourced, is reliable. It's horribly POV to put that particular sense, phrased that way, into the article, however. -Kmaguir1 05:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Citations Still Needed
I understand that the police action on the CCC during Katrina has had a real polarizing effect but I've only ever questioned the unsubstantiated assertions about the event that the media picked up on. I don't dispute that the blockade occured - the police have admitted that it did. I don't doubt that shots were fired by the Gretna police and I'm sure there will be ample proof of that as the Cleo Fields civil rights lawsuit progresses. I don't even disgree that, in retrospect, the blockade was probably a mistake (although, I'm also willing to concede that it probably made sense at the time). However, none of the recently added links asserts that there was a threat to shoot those people on the bridge. Firing warning shots overhead in a police action of this kind is not automatically the same thing a threat to shoot residents and tourists. I've sued bad cops on behalf of the ACLU. I've got no problem accepting accurate accusations, especially against those who probably aren't as unbiased as we would require law enforcement agents to be. But it doesn't help solve the real race issues that we have in the area to promulgate and perpetuate rumors and myths. I'll leave the links for someone else to delete whenever they feel the need. They really don't support the assertion made and serve to underscore the problems with this part of the story. Economy1 15:12, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
