November 7th, 2005
Tags: gretna, crescent city connection, charges of racism, arthur lawson, howard dean, cynthia mckinney, john conyers, leftwing
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Just when you'd forgotten all about the Gretna Crescent City Connection incident, it comes roaring back in this:
A March to Gretna in protest of the actions of the Gretna police in the aftermath of Katrina and in support of displaced African-Americans from New Orleans, who continue to be denied access to participation and opportunity in […]
October 7th, 2005
Tags: gretna, crescent city connection, john conyers, leftwing
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Several far-left Congresspersons, led by John Conyers, Jr. (D-Space), are demanding that U.S. AG Gonzalez investigate the Gretna bridge incident:
From the letter:
…In particular, we are concerned that law enforcement officials may have denied minority citizens the ability to cross the Greater New Orleans Bridge to safety in the midst of the flooding, and were negligent […]
September 15th, 2005
Tags: congressional research service, kathleen blanco, john conyers
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is supposedly a nonpartisan research agency for Congress. They've released a report that apparently says that Governor Kathleen Blanco took all the steps that she should have in order to obtain federal assistance.
The report is in this 2.7 Meg PDF file, and John Conyers' summary is in this small PDF […]
