First the news…

Racism cost lives, N.O. evacuees say

Bitter exchanges erupt as they testify in D.C.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

By Bruce Alpert

Washington bureau

WASHINGTON — Four African-American New Orleans residents told a House committee Tuesday that they felt a sense of abandonment from all levels of government when Hurricane Katrina hit three months ago and believe more lives and homes would have been saved had the victims been predominantly white and wealthier.

“People were allowed to die,” said Leah Hodges, who told the panel she still doesn’t know if her brother survived the hurricane. She likened what happened to New Orleans, and many of its black residents, to “genocide and ethnic cleansing. (more…)

Like most Americans, I was very disappointed at the slow response of government on all levels. What I didn’t dig was a rush to judgment by folks who wanted to make this into a race issue BEFORE knowing all the facts.

Well, more of those facts are starting to surface and as expected, the very ones that wasted no time making this into a race issue have moved on to cover more important issues like Tookie’s love for the little kiddies.

Below is an excerpt of the report released by the Louisiana department of Health & Hospitals:

Vital Statistics of All Bodies at St. Gabriel Morgue

Here is a link to the actual report.

Here is a link to another post I did recently that breaks down the affected areas by county/parish and race.

*Hat tip: Michelle Malkin