1. “A shocking report in The Nation magazine exposes how white vigilante groups patrolled the streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, shooting at least eleven African-American men.”
2. “While the media portrayed African Americans as looters and thugs, it is now clear that the most serious crimes were committed by gun-toting white males.”
3. “Nathan Roper, another vigilante, says he was unhappy that outsiders were disturbing his corner of New Orleans and that he was annoyed by the National Guard’s decision to use the Algiers Point ferry landing as an evacuation zone. ‘I’m telling you, it was forty, fifty people at a time getting off these boats,’ says Roper. The militia, according to Roper, was armed with handguns, rifles, and shotguns.”
4. “While white vigilantes killed an estimated total of eleven African American victims, local police have never conducted investigations. So far, the crimes have gone unpunished.”
5. “Democracy Now! footage shoes that dead bodies were left, sometimes for weeks, to rot in full view of Homeland Security, State troopers, Army personnel, private security guards, and police who “secured” the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.”
Truly Censored?
LEXIS NEXIS provided nothing on this story. I did an archival search of the mainstream news networks (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, etc) and also found nothing.
Institute for Southern Studies
This is astounding, Leah.
ReplyDeleteNot a SINGLE Nexis Lexus search result here?
Wow. I am curious - what "key words" did you use?
EXCELLENT use of our hyperlink and embed tools, too.
I am thinking...and thanks for numbering your 5 major points here, with multimedia in support.
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