New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno speaks on why the Bourbon Street safety bollards were not in place at the time of the attack.
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Bourbon Street barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced
City officials have not confirmed whether the intersection where the pickup sped through was actively under construction or if the replacement project created a vulnerability.
New Orleans was replacing street barriers at time of truck attack
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the „bollards were not up because they are near completion“ with the plan of being in place before the Feb. 9 NFL Super Bowl, which will be played about a mile from Bourbon Street at the Superdome stadium. The city was able to fund the replacement bollards as part of its Super Bowl infrastructure plan.
Kirkpatrick said the police vehicle „was where all of those bollards had been…. In this particular case, the terrorist just went all the way around up onto the sidewalk.“
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NOPD Arrests Two Officers For Assault, Begins Termination Proceedings
“After gathering multiple video accounts and eyewitness statements, the evidence collected by our PIB investigators clearly demonstrates that our officers were the aggressors in this incident,” NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said. “Members of our department are expected to comply with the law and adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct, whether on- or off-duty. The swift pace at which the Public Integrity Bureau investigated this incident and the decisive actions taken by the NOPD today by arresting the officers and starting the termination process clearly demonstrate how seriously our department views their actions.”
Alleged victim claims NOPD officers called him ‚Fake American‘ before fight
“He didn‘t like the way I dressed. That was pretty much I was dressed in a T-shirt like this and pants like this,” said Gomez.
Gomez says he was wearing clothing with camouflage print and would normally stay to himself, but Monday night Galman and Sutton called him over. He says Galman starting talking to him about being a Marine, to which Gomez responded that he served in the Army. But according to Gomez, that‘s when the conversation started escalating.
Racist Cops Beat „Fake American“
A man was nearly beaten to death by two cops who deemed him a “fake American”. Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, Jason Carter, and Francesca Fiorentini, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.