More Katrina revelations: The bridge to Gretna
I came across this report by 60 minutes via the Black Conservatives yahoo group.
Remember the bridge where thousands of New Orleans residents were trying to cross, but were turned away by white cops firing their guns in the air? Apparently, there was a whole lot more to the story both the media and race hustlers did not mention.
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(CBS) When Hurricane Katrina blew through New Orleans three months ago, thousands of people left in the city were trapped with no food, no water and no shelter. They were desperate to escape the devastation.
The bridge that spans the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Gretna was one of the few ways out, until police from Gretna used force to stop pedestrians from crossing it. Since most of the police officers were white and most of the evacuees were black, the incident quickly took on racial overtones. 60 Minutes wondered why, under any circumstances, people who were only trying to walk out of a devastated city would be prevented from reaching relative safety.
Correspondent Ed Bradley went to New Orleans to find out. But, as with…(more)
