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Topic: 5 shot in New Orleans after
Martin Luther King parade passes |
5 shot in New Orleans after
Martin Luther King parade passes
Los Angeles Times, by Michael Muskal
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 1/21/2013 5:48:57 PM
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| Gunfire erupted from a vehicle, wounding five people, about 30 minutes after a parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. passed a New Orleans intersection, police said. The parade was one of numerous events nationwide honoring the slain civil rights leader, perhaps the most famous modern advocate of peaceful civil disobedience, on the federal holiday created for him. “It´s the state of affairs in our nation that young men do not heed the words of Martin Luther King Jr.,” New Orleans Police Supt. Ronal Serpas, one of the responding officers, told the website nola.com.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/21/2013 5:51:52 PM (No. 9130908)
The shooter must not have liked the content of someone`s character.....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hadass23, 1/21/2013 5:53:39 PM (No. 9130910)
Test
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sardonic, 1/21/2013 5:58:54 PM (No. 9130924)
I guess Ray Nagin made bail.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
usmc2489, 1/21/2013 6:24:57 PM (No. 9130967)
They all wear the same kind of pants -- Nikkers.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bkt23, 1/21/2013 6:26:19 PM (No. 9130971)
Let´s all keep celebratin´ diversity ´til another whole generation are dead, shall we?
Or...maybe we could pull our heads out and look at the problems and work to fix them. Just a thought.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 1/21/2013 6:58:10 PM (No. 9131017)
If you want to get shot, go to any street in this country named after MLK Jr., wait a little while, you´ll get shot.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
sliver of truth, 1/21/2013 7:28:42 PM (No. 9131056)
Kind of laughed, then cried a bit inside.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/21/2013 7:29:44 PM (No. 9131060)
Let me guess. They were all registered gun owners and belonged to the NRA.
We read these stories time after time, but they don´t mention ´parents´ When the parent sits in jail alongside junior, you might get their attention.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Raydog, 1/21/2013 7:35:08 PM (No. 9131067)
My thoughts exactly, Poster #6.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
pc504, 1/21/2013 8:06:44 PM (No. 9131107)
That isnt to bad, back in the early 90´s MLK parades in New Olreans turned into riots with stores being looted, tourists being shot and people being killed. So the event really has become a kinder gentler MLK day parade
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 1/21/2013 8:27:04 PM (No. 9131132)
I used to live in New Orleans. There were two days smart people never went into the city: the day of the Bayou Classic football game (between Grambling and Southern), and MLK day.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
provide, 1/21/2013 8:33:35 PM (No. 9131139)
Like Chris Rock says, "Nothing good happens on MLK Boulevards."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
billa, 1/21/2013 8:48:37 PM (No. 9131171)
Is there anyone in these communities under 30 who even knows who MLK was and what he stood for. Doubt it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 1/21/2013 8:50:27 PM (No. 9131177)
Probably all black
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JHHolliday, 1/21/2013 8:52:26 PM (No. 9131180)
Well #12 at least naming a street MLK lets the out-of-towners know where to buy drugs....
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