Friday, December 19, 2008

Appalling: The Untold Story of Hurricane Katrina's Violent Race War

Posted by Jill Tubman, Jack & Jill Politics at 11:17 AM on December 19, 2008

"After the storm, White vigilantes roamed Algiers Point shooting and, according to their own accounts, killing Black men at will- with no threat of a police response. For the last three years, the shootings and the police force's role in them have been an open secret to many New Orleanians. To date, no one has been charged with a crime and law enforcement officials have refused to investigate." [Story supplemented by streaming video]
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/114244/appalling%3A_the_untold_story_of_hurricane_katrina%27s_violent_race_war/

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