The Interdictor
Katrina: The Real News
Fri Sep 2, 2005 08:50
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Katrina
The Interdictor
The Real News
From Deep Inside Kafka's Police State
With Pics and Live Cam
http://mgno.com/
The Real News
The following is the result of an interview I just conducted via
cell
phone with a New Orleans citizen stranded at the Convention
Center. I
don't know what you're hearing in the mainstream media or in the
press conferences from the city and state officials, but here is
the
truth:
"Bigfoot" is a bar manager and DJ on Bourbon Street, and is a
local
personality and icon in the city. He is a lifelong resident of
the
city, born and raised. He rode out the storm itself in the
Iberville
Projects because he knew he would be above any flood waters.
Here is
his story as told to me moments ago. I took notes while he
talked and
then I asked some questions:
Three days ago, police and national guard troops told
citizens to
head toward the Crescent City Connection Bridge to await
transportation out of the area. The citizens trekked over to the
Convention Center and waited for the buses which they were told
would
take them to Houston or Alabama or somewhere else, out of this
area.
It's been 3 days, and the buses have yet to appear.
Although obviously he has no exact count, he estimates more
than
10,000 people are packed into and around and outside the
convention
center still waiting for the buses. They had no food, no water,
and
no medicine for the last three days, until today, when the
National
Guard drove over the bridge above them, and tossed out supplies
over
the side crashing down to the ground below. Much of the supplies
were
destroyed from the drop. Many people tried to catch the supplies
to
protect them before they hit the ground. Some offered to walk
all the
way around up the bridge and bring the supplies down, but any
attempt
to approach the police or national guard resulted in weapons
being
aimed at them.
There are many infants and elderly people among them, as
well as
many people who were injured jumping out of windows to escape
flood
water and the like -- all of them in dire straights.
Any attempt to flag down police results in being told to get
away
at gunpoint. Hour after hour they watch buses pass by filled
with
people from other areas. Tensions are very high, and there has
been
at least one murder and several fights. 8 or 9 dead people have
been
stored in a freezer in the area, and 2 of these dead people are
kids.
The people are so desperate that they're doing anything they
can
think of to impress the authorities enough to bring some buses.
These
things include standing in single file lines with the eldery in
front, women and children next; sweeping up the area and
cleaning the
windows and anything else that would show the people are not
barbarians.
The buses never stop.
Before the supplies were pitched off the bridge today,
people had
to break into buildings in the area to try to find food and
water for
their families. There was not enough. This spurred many families
to
break into cars to try to escape the city. There was no police
response to the auto thefts until the mob reached the rich area
--
Saulet Condos -- once they tried to get cars from there... well
then
the whole swat teams began showing up with rifles pointed.
Snipers
got on the roof and told people to get back.
He reports that the conditions are horrendous. Heat,
mosquitoes
and utter misery. The smell, he says, is "horrific."
He says it's the slowest mandatory evacuation ever, and he
wants
to know why they were told to go to the Convention Center area
in the
first place; furthermore, he reports that many of them with cell
phones have contacts willing to come rescue them, but people are
not
being allowed through to pick them up.
I have "Bigfoot"'s phone number and will gladly give it to any
city
or state official who would like to tell him how everything is
under
control.
Addendum: Bigfoot just called to report that "they" (the
authorities)
are cleaning up the dead bodies at the Convention Center right
now.
----------
Intrdictor makes frequent on the spot updates of the
deteriorating
situation
------------------
The Interdictor
The Real News
From Deep Inside Kafka's Police State
With Pics and Live Cam
http://mgno.com/
The Real News
The following is the result of an interview I just conducted via
cell
phone with a New Orleans citizen stranded at the Convention
Center. I
don't know what you're hearing in the mainstream media or in the
press conferences from the city and state officials, but here is
the
truth:
"Bigfoot" is a bar manager and DJ on Bourbon Street, and is a
local
personality and icon in the city. He is a lifelong resident of
the
city, born and raised. He rode out the storm itself in the
Iberville
Projects because he knew he would be above any flood waters.
Here is
his story as told to me moments ago. I took notes while he
talked and
then I asked some questions:
Three days ago, police and national guard troops told
citizens to
head toward the Crescent City Connection Bridge to await
transportation out of the area. The citizens trekked over to the
Convention Center and waited for the buses which they were told
would
take them to Houston or Alabama or somewhere else, out of this
area.
It's been 3 days, and the buses have yet to appear.
Although obviously he has no exact count, he estimates more
than
10,000 people are packed into and around and outside the
convention
center still waiting for the buses. They had no food, no water,
and
no medicine for the last three days, until today, when the
National
Guard drove over the bridge above them, and tossed out supplies
over
the side crashing down to the ground below. Much of the supplies
were
destroyed from the drop. Many people tried to catch the supplies
to
protect them before they hit the ground. Some offered to walk
all the
way around up the bridge and bring the supplies down, but any
attempt
to approach the police or national guard resulted in weapons
being
aimed at them.
There are many infants and elderly people among them, as
well as
many people who were injured jumping out of windows to escape
flood
water and the like -- all of them in dire straights.
Any attempt to flag down police results in being told to get
away
at gunpoint. Hour after hour they watch buses pass by filled
with
people from other areas. Tensions are very high, and there has
been
at least one murder and several fights. 8 or 9 dead people have
been
stored in a freezer in the area, and 2 of these dead people are
kids.
The people are so desperate that they're doing anything they
can
think of to impress the authorities enough to bring some buses.
These
things include standing in single file lines with the eldery in
front, women and children next; sweeping up the area and
cleaning the
windows and anything else that would show the people are not
barbarians.
The buses never stop.
Before the supplies were pitched off the bridge today,
people had
to break into buildings in the area to try to find food and
water for
their families. There was not enough. This spurred many families
to
break into cars to try to escape the city. There was no police
response to the auto thefts until the mob reached the rich area
--
Saulet Condos -- once they tried to get cars from there... well
then
the whole swat teams began showing up with rifles pointed.
Snipers
got on the roof and told people to get back.
He reports that the conditions are horrendous. Heat,
mosquitoes
and utter misery. The smell, he says, is "horrific."
He says it's the slowest mandatory evacuation ever, and he
wants
to know why they were told to go to the Convention Center area
in the
first place; furthermore, he reports that many of them with cell
phones have contacts willing to come rescue them, but people are
not
being allowed through to pick them up.
I have "Bigfoot"'s phone number and will gladly give it to any
city
or state official who would like to tell him how everything is
under
control.
Addendum: Bigfoot just called to report that "they" (the
authorities)
are cleaning up the dead bodies at the Convention Center right
now.
----------
Intrdictor makes frequent on the spot updates of the
deteriorating
situation
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