New Orleans Armed Officers Are Enjoying Menacing The Remaining Citizens

The victims of Hurricane Katrina still in New Orleans have more than disease, dirty water, and lack of food to worry about. They also have to be worried about the armed police presence in the city which treats the remaining citizens in a very menacing fashion.

Here’s what stranded New Orleans Direcnic employee has to say about the armed presence:

The city is starting to feel more secure now. Much larger military and Homeland Security presence and many fewer civilians left. Of course with this added security comes additional dangers like hyper-suspicious, armed authorities. If you watch the cam or walk the streets, you see that almost every civilian is approached, evaluated for threat potential, then either patted down or left alone. The disconcerting thing is that these authorities always have their guns at the ready and look like they’re enjoying intimidating the people. Two of us have already had guns aimed at us by police — Brian by the Federal Cops guarding the Boggs Federal building while we were waiting for the resupply, and me when we were delivering the router to City Hall.

Don’t get me wrong, some guys are more professional than others. You can tell the ones who took the job because they wanted to bullies and who took the job to protect and serve. That’s one thing a catastrophic situation does — it sifts people’s true personalities out.

Nevertheless, aside from the arson, I think that generally it’s much safer today than yesterday.

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