kbarrett
Member
Forwarded email ( and I trust one of the sources):
From [email protected]
Subject Communique From New Orleans
Date Thu, October 13, 2005 4:09 pm
To [email protected]
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Hello, Neil:
This has the ring of truth. The device on the ends of the guns was more
likely a military flash suppressor than a silencer IMHO.
Shelley
> I am originally from Louisiana, and I still have alot of friends
> and family in the New Orleans area. When Katrina hit, one of
> my dearest friends in the world came to stay here in Louisville
> with me, until they started letting workers back into the city.
> Fred is a carpenter by trade, and had a thriving restoration
> and new construction business already established before
> the storms. Afterwards, it seemed that things would actually
> be even better for people like Fred. When he left Louisville
> last Saturday, he was very excited and hopeful about the future.
> His company had secured contracts with the city, as well as
> numerous jobs lined up in private homes. Here in the town
> that I live in, he was interviewed by a local newspaper, who did
> a whole article about him. The hype here in the States has been
> that New Orleans will be rebuilt, bigger and better, and that
> the citizens would be welcomed back to a much improved New
> Orleans.
> I just got the most upsetting call I have just about ever received.
> Fred told me that he went right to work as soon as he got there.
> The city is in shambles, and practically ruined. There is so much
> work to be done. But then he went on to tell me about how the
> police and the military are handling everything, and that upsets me
> much more than the devastation of buildings. He said that the
> "authorities" are patrolling the streets with rifles with silencers on
> them. Why is the military patrolling with guns that have silencers
> on them ?
> They are walking in packs, or driving around in big green Hummers,
> with guns aimed right at people. You can imagine how it must feel
> to be working on a roof and suddenly the military drives up to the
> house you are on top of with huge guns aimed right at you. He
> told me that he has seen several people being brutally beaten by
> the police, for no reason. The guy you saw getting beaten on the
> news recently was mild compared to what is really going on.
> Every day when he is at work, the cops come by and hassle the
> workers, making them show their IDs, pushing and shoving and
> threatening them. This happens several times a day, and it's the
> same police and/or military. They already know who the workers
> are, they are just intimidating them...anyone who protests is
> beaten or arrested or both. He has seen both the cops and the
> military breaking into homes and robbing them.
> He said the smell of the city is overwhelming, it's everywhere,
> and no matter what you do you can't get rid of it or escape it.
> Curfew is at midnight, and anyone caught on the street afterwards
> "just disappears".
> He said that there are very few women in the city and the only
> ones that are there are prostitutes, and making lots of money. The
> authorities are the biggest customers. That was told to him by a
> neighbour lady, who has been taking advantage of that.
> I have known Fred for 20 years. He's a big, burly carpenter, with
> big hammer-swinging arms. Not the type to be afraid. I never
> EVER heard Fred cry before, and hearing it tonight made me very
> worried. He said that he is scared to death. He doesn't understand
> how or why the "authorities" are terrorizing the people who are
> there trying to rebuild the city. The guys that are there, went back
> to the city with the very best of intentions, to rebuild the place,
> and it seems that the government, which nightly comes on TV to
> tell the rest of the United States that New Orleans will soon be
> restored, seem to be doing everything in their power to make sure
> that doesn't happen. This may have something to do with the
> recent stories about the 'Iraq contractors' such as Haliburton
> being promised the rebuilding contracts and the fact that the
> citizens of N.O. want it done by their own people.
> But, that is my own opinion, not fact.
> Anyway...If you have the ability to tell the rest of the world
> what is going on, please do.
> New Orleans is a war zone. Our own government is up to
> something very bad. We need help, and we are not getting it.
> Instead, we are being destroyed, along with the only city in
> America with it's own culture.
>
> -- Kindly greeting, GardenStone
From [email protected]
Subject Communique From New Orleans
Date Thu, October 13, 2005 4:09 pm
To [email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello, Neil:
This has the ring of truth. The device on the ends of the guns was more
likely a military flash suppressor than a silencer IMHO.
Shelley
> I am originally from Louisiana, and I still have alot of friends
> and family in the New Orleans area. When Katrina hit, one of
> my dearest friends in the world came to stay here in Louisville
> with me, until they started letting workers back into the city.
> Fred is a carpenter by trade, and had a thriving restoration
> and new construction business already established before
> the storms. Afterwards, it seemed that things would actually
> be even better for people like Fred. When he left Louisville
> last Saturday, he was very excited and hopeful about the future.
> His company had secured contracts with the city, as well as
> numerous jobs lined up in private homes. Here in the town
> that I live in, he was interviewed by a local newspaper, who did
> a whole article about him. The hype here in the States has been
> that New Orleans will be rebuilt, bigger and better, and that
> the citizens would be welcomed back to a much improved New
> Orleans.
> I just got the most upsetting call I have just about ever received.
> Fred told me that he went right to work as soon as he got there.
> The city is in shambles, and practically ruined. There is so much
> work to be done. But then he went on to tell me about how the
> police and the military are handling everything, and that upsets me
> much more than the devastation of buildings. He said that the
> "authorities" are patrolling the streets with rifles with silencers on
> them. Why is the military patrolling with guns that have silencers
> on them ?
> They are walking in packs, or driving around in big green Hummers,
> with guns aimed right at people. You can imagine how it must feel
> to be working on a roof and suddenly the military drives up to the
> house you are on top of with huge guns aimed right at you. He
> told me that he has seen several people being brutally beaten by
> the police, for no reason. The guy you saw getting beaten on the
> news recently was mild compared to what is really going on.
> Every day when he is at work, the cops come by and hassle the
> workers, making them show their IDs, pushing and shoving and
> threatening them. This happens several times a day, and it's the
> same police and/or military. They already know who the workers
> are, they are just intimidating them...anyone who protests is
> beaten or arrested or both. He has seen both the cops and the
> military breaking into homes and robbing them.
> He said the smell of the city is overwhelming, it's everywhere,
> and no matter what you do you can't get rid of it or escape it.
> Curfew is at midnight, and anyone caught on the street afterwards
> "just disappears".
> He said that there are very few women in the city and the only
> ones that are there are prostitutes, and making lots of money. The
> authorities are the biggest customers. That was told to him by a
> neighbour lady, who has been taking advantage of that.
> I have known Fred for 20 years. He's a big, burly carpenter, with
> big hammer-swinging arms. Not the type to be afraid. I never
> EVER heard Fred cry before, and hearing it tonight made me very
> worried. He said that he is scared to death. He doesn't understand
> how or why the "authorities" are terrorizing the people who are
> there trying to rebuild the city. The guys that are there, went back
> to the city with the very best of intentions, to rebuild the place,
> and it seems that the government, which nightly comes on TV to
> tell the rest of the United States that New Orleans will soon be
> restored, seem to be doing everything in their power to make sure
> that doesn't happen. This may have something to do with the
> recent stories about the 'Iraq contractors' such as Haliburton
> being promised the rebuilding contracts and the fact that the
> citizens of N.O. want it done by their own people.
> But, that is my own opinion, not fact.
> Anyway...If you have the ability to tell the rest of the world
> what is going on, please do.
> New Orleans is a war zone. Our own government is up to
> something very bad. We need help, and we are not getting it.
> Instead, we are being destroyed, along with the only city in
> America with it's own culture.
>
> -- Kindly greeting, GardenStone
, Art