The worst part is that Gretna Police had no jurisdiction on the Crescent City Connection as it connects the City of New Orleans to the City of New Orleans. I personally believe that those officers and those who made this decision should have been brought up on Federal Civil Rights violations. 42 USC 1983 would be justified. Just for those who say I don't know what I am talking about, I am a life-long native of the Greater New Orleans region and have lived in the City of New Orleans since 2011.
This was a real sad lesson. Every person must be prepared for a disaster to taake care of yourself for at least one week. Have a backpack with your medicines, antiseptic, bandages, freeze dried foods, a water purifier. If you want your pets to survive you will have food for them too. If you do not know your neighbors well, then you might consider including a small weapon.
Nobody should have wasted time or energy stopping “looting.” The government and FEMA absolutely failed New Orleans. Any security should have been used to protect people from violent crimes and peacefully distribute whatever goods were in the city. The stores are insured against this kind of loss so there was no excuse whatsoever to be turning on people just trying to survive. The lack of compassion, organization and practical problem solving is just mind blowing
But that would be "socialism" and we can't have that in the land of opportunity! (Sarcasm) It's always been profit > people in this country, even in the wake of devastating disasters
maybe the colour of their skin played a part but i'm sitting here thinking that whether they were white or black they were all definitely POOR. and gretna is fairly well off community even for its black folk and they just didn't want poor people stopping there.
Absolutely a disgraceful act and inhumane I hope the people on the bridge made it out safe and are thriving now its discussing to see Americans turn there back on other Americans.
B.S. If the evacuees intended to loot and steal they could have easily done so without crossing that bridge. The incident was so unspeakably cold-hearted and blatantly racist all of photos of have been removed from the internet. But they are forever engrained in my memory.
What happened to those good GOP Christian values. These fellow Americans needed help and because of the color of their skin they couldn’t get help. Can’t believe this happens in our country.
Those people should've gotten help, but blaming Christian conservatives is just as bad as turning those people away. People like you are why Trump's in the White House.
@@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177 I agree that all the people in this are basically the same people who would wear the maga hat. This was clearly racist. However, Idk why you brought Kanye into this. And he just wore it to get innocent people out of jail. He basically used Trump.
If those people were let in they would have looted and destroyed gretna so understand i would not have let the people in either they were looking out for their own and thats what you have to do in these situations but people call it racist new orleans has a huge crime rate with murders and thugs and gretna didnt want it
They have no right to stop people from getting out of new Orleans, sure protect your city and community but not by taking the life of other people, they killed them to save themselves
You sound privileged AF! Must be nice for you, but your privileged life does not speak for 99.9% of humans, so keep your mouth shut and your fingers away from the comments section next time you think you know something that you know nothing about
Note when they (quickly) show the city council as a whole (and note their vote was unanimous in support of what the cops did), you see two black people. But the only close ups they show of individuals on the council were whites. (Probably hoping you'd forget about the blacks.)
I don't buy that story at all. Most of those ppl were desperate having lost everything they had. Looting was wrong yes but in the face of survival, plundering in a hopeless situation is what was logical in their the minds of those ppl. Shame.
It's not even about the fact nothing was offered to the people it's the fact they weren't allowed to leave the city they didn't have to give them anything but not allowing them to cross the bridge was imprisonment
In times of disaster & crisis there is no such thing as looting…it’s called survival Looting (in this style of situation) would be things of home invasion w/ residents inside
1) There was lots of food left in the hospital meaning a doctor or a nurse could have stayed for the patients that cannot move. 2) The coast guard could have helped transport the heavy patients. 3) The pets can sit on your lap in the boat instead of being euthanized. 4) They were there for five days. People lived their whole life in poverty. An editor published a complain about a power distribution company because the electricity was out. People can complain too much. 5) It was never fair for those who were killed. 6) A school children steals food because of poverty, what's her excuse? Because she's a doctor? Doing good doesn't mean you can do bad in any circumstances. 7) The sins will just keep piling up if you will not tell the truth.
I’m behind the Gretna mayor and police on this. New Orleans looked like mayhem right after Katrina. Accurate or not, they felt they were keeping their community safe by doing this. Nothing wrong with that.
@@dorothytinman As he said, it’s important to give when you can, but ultimately you have to take care of your own first. They were just protecting their own people.
They were keepin their communities safe no matter the cost. There was nothin wrong with gettin help from the NOPD who had officers showed when respondin to a shots fired call, to keep the people (blacks) from crossing over. Whatever it takes right to keep them out of the community they are protectin. These officers arrived in a rental truck and an unmarked car and started following 2 different groups both seen in different areas tryin to leave, and were firin their weapons out of the windows of the car and the back of the truck, one group was a family of 4 where 1 was shot and killed and the others suffered severe injuries bad enough the one’s arm was shot p so bad it was almost shot off and had to be amputated later and they were all shot numerous of times while tryin to duck and hide from the bullets, and the other was 2 brothers, the older one mentally challenged with the mind of a child was shot in the back hen beaten and kicked until he died. Officers said they were armed so they had no choice. Good hero’s for helpin the neighborin community stay safe. Let’s have a shout out to the higher officials that came out and seen for themselves what was happenin and realized they were goin to have to assist their officers and started plantin weapons to show the victims were armed at the time, fabricating witnesses to verify the entire story that started with assistin fellow officers in the shots fired called that was never made and coverin up the whole story te officers told, because when they had arrived and checked out the whole scene that turned out to be a bloody massacre without cause they knew they would have to step in and do their part to make sure their officers story would not be questioned. Innocent people who just wanted to get off the bridge and reach their intended destinations were shot, severely injured and killed without real cause except the neighboring communities didn’t want to take a chance that any of them (Mostly black) people would pollute their neighborhood and harm any of the citizens in the area. NO there’s nothin wrong with wantin what they thought was best for the safety of their community if that was all it was, but not at the cost of innocent lives bein lost and injured all because of law enforcement discriminations against anything they don’t like or agree with and the racism that has darkened New Orleans people over the centuries.
I was watching new Orleans mayor before the hurricane arrived. He stated to one and all that this hurricane was the real deal in other words leave new Orleans before the hurricane Arrives and go now before the hurricane hits. Why didn't the residents of new Orleans evacuate before the hurricane arrived? I wasn't there but if I had been in new Orleans before the hurricane arrived I surely would have evacuated after hearing the news conference warning from the mayor. The mayor had a lot of information about what to expect after the hurricane arrived.
The vast majority of the people who stayed did so because they were poor. That means they probably didn't have the means to leave. It takes money to pick up and go somewhere else. Your question doesn't take into consideration the fact that many of these people probably couldn't afford the gas money to travel to a safer place. What if they don't have family who could offer them shelter? These people had no choice. I sincerely don’t understand how the police could stop their neighbors from crossing a bridge. We aren't talking about an international border. We're talking about literal neighbors. Katrina showed us what America is really like. Too bad that we have forgotten about it so quickly.
We’re there u.s marshalls and law enforcement who were goin home to home and disarming them entering homes and removing guns from safe’s did they have the rite I remember seeing a militia on the news who stoped them and told them they would be responsible for keeping their community safe and their would no more disarming
I think I remember this story that ed Bradley did this is bad the way they did black people race had everything to do with that and ed Bradley knows it but I miss ed Bradley he was a great reporter
@Mr. No Weapon (The Prince Of The Talkbox) You might disagree with me about if the Gretna Police did the right thing or not. But what part am I lying about?
@@power966 it’s sad that with all the evidence that proved the desperation of survival and how many people were losing their lives, that folks today, still fix their mouths and act like none of that matters.
Lets just keep it real: ALL levels of government (local, state, federal) on both sides failed New Orleans
Amen!!!!
The worst part is that Gretna Police had no jurisdiction on the Crescent City Connection as it connects the City of New Orleans to the City of New Orleans. I personally believe that those officers and those who made this decision should have been brought up on Federal Civil Rights violations. 42 USC 1983 would be justified. Just for those who say I don't know what I am talking about, I am a life-long native of the Greater New Orleans region and have lived in the City of New Orleans since 2011.
A True professional! R.I.P. Ed Bradley. 1love
We really need people like him now!
@@taylorlibby7642 Amen! They Don't make Men like Him anymore. 1love
@@torinowens6103 As my mom says "They broke the mold after they made that one." Keep yer head up!
@@taylorlibby7642 your Mom was a wise Lady, be safe. 1love
I really miss him. He was a true gem.
They should apologize. What a horrible way to treat people … citizens of this country. Totally shameful.
Grandma had a loaded bingo dabber and threatened to take a nap. Fire the shotguns!
😂😂😂
We wasn't really allowed and wanted in Gretna long before Katrina hit. We would ride thru Gretna and the police would harass us and tell us to leave
What was it like in 2005 when Katrina?
Homeboy is going to some extreme lengths to say “we didn’t want black people in our city”
👀HE SURE DID!!!LISTEN HOW HE TALKS THERE SIDE THE WHITES SIDE OMG
Look at the skcalb behavior looting every chance they get.
When SHTF you trust nobody
When that guy started talking all I could think was "oh this guy definitely says the n-word around his family and friends...and fellow klansmen"
Bradley is that dude.. I love and miss him... R.I.P MR. BRADLEY, YOU WILL BE MISSED.....FACTS!!!
@Aaron Lashomb Your sister said, I was That Dude last night before I left her at the Rent by the hour motel.....and Dammit!! That's FACTUAL 💯
The mayor knows it's all about race.
👀HES RACIST
This is why you never depend on the government unless absolutely necessary
Yes sirrrr
It was a republican government. Not all governments are the same.
@@1marcelo That's true. Ray Nagin was a Republican. Kathleen Blanco was a Republican. Oliver Thomas was a Republican
@@jonathanyoung9369 Bush is a republican. He was responsible for FEMA.
This was a real sad lesson. Every person must be prepared for a disaster to taake care of yourself for at least one week. Have a backpack with your medicines, antiseptic, bandages, freeze dried foods, a water purifier. If you want your pets to survive you will have food for them too. If you do not know your neighbors well, then you might consider including a small weapon.
He Hateful and he doesn't even try to hide it he really didn't care who lives or died as he kelp them out
He's* hateful*
Nobody should have wasted time or energy stopping “looting.” The government and FEMA absolutely failed New Orleans. Any security should have been used to protect people from violent crimes and peacefully distribute whatever goods were in the city.
The stores are insured against this kind of loss so there was no excuse whatsoever to be turning on people just trying to survive.
The lack of compassion, organization and practical problem solving is just mind blowing
The Thugs and hoodlums that broke into these places and stole everything shouldn't have been doing what they were doing
Disagree
But that would be "socialism" and we can't have that in the land of opportunity! (Sarcasm)
It's always been profit > people in this country, even in the wake of devastating disasters
@@zerosoma33the fact that you’re still alive is proof that there is no god
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 oooh so edgy. Did you show your mom this comment?
maybe the colour of their skin played a part but i'm sitting here thinking that whether they were white or black they were all definitely POOR. and gretna is fairly well off community even for its black folk and they just didn't want poor people stopping there.
👀DO THOSE BEEETCH KNOW THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR WHAT THEY DONE
Not much has changed in fifteen years...
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@@icemike1 - You're very correct there...
Can’t believe they didn’t have any water or food to offer them
They had been devistated by a hurricane too..
They turned away people with donations of food and water
They did have food and water in Gretna Green but they did not offer any to the evacuees.
@@TheDarkFalcon devastated*
@@april-showers77yup yup yup!! They turned down lots of food and water and resources several times.
As a black man, I understand why they would not want to double the number of people because it might be worse than it was an the other side.
How do people say no to folks who don't choose to be who we are..
English teachers around the world are silently weeping...
This is horrible. How could anyone do this to any human
Because. “They’re black”
Channon Christian Medical Examiner's testimony.
@@DarthVader1977 What does that have to do with this video???
@@BrendanDesta Jupiter Paulsen.
@@DarthVader1977 you're an idiot.
That mayor sounds a lot like the "Cheeto in Chief".
Haha orange man bad
@@ShrimpsonH well its true. He was horrible
@@diannemarkum6648 trump derangement syndrome is a serious disease. You should get that checked out. 🤡
What an example of anti-pedestrian bias! If you don’t have the freedom to walk in America, do you have any freedom at all?
Absolutely a disgraceful act and inhumane I hope the people on the bridge made it out safe and are thriving now its discussing to see Americans turn there back on other Americans.
disgusting*
their*
B.S. If the evacuees intended to loot and steal they could have easily done so without crossing that bridge. The incident was so unspeakably cold-hearted and blatantly racist all of photos of have been removed from the internet. But they are forever engrained in my memory.
My mom was looking at the internet and found nothing on the internet talking about this
They ran out of places to loot on the Eastbank. So they wanted to cross the bridge to loot new places on the Westbank.
@@ChaseTerrier 🤡
actually there were more resources to loot across the bridge
👀WHEN U RACIST 🤡 U THINK LIK UR RACIST ANCESTORS
Land of the free. That's a joke
THIS IS YOUR AMERICA boys & girls
The descendants of the original sinners
What happened to those good GOP Christian values. These fellow Americans needed help and because of the color of their skin they couldn’t get help. Can’t believe this happens in our country.
Those people should've gotten help, but blaming Christian conservatives is just as bad as turning those people away.
People like you are why Trump's in the White House.
New Orleans was destroyed and they were protecting Gretna!!! Smart!! Not Racist at all!!!
Future MAGA Hat Wearers In The Police Department.
Like Kanye West?
@@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177 I agree that all the people in this are basically the same people who would wear the maga hat. This was clearly racist. However, Idk why you brought Kanye into this. And he just wore it to get innocent people out of jail. He basically used Trump.
The town didnt have the facilities for these people
Only in America 🇺🇸
SMH 🤦🏻♂️
How you can turn your back on your fellow Americans in need like that? That major is an awful man.
It happens every day man
It's easy: You see what those fellow Americans have been doing. New Orleans was in chaos, and Redford was trying to protect itself.
👀RACIST PPL DID THAT TO THOSE BLACK PPL & GOT AWAY WITH IT!!!ITS THE SOUTH & WHITES BEEN DOIN IT FOR YEARS!!!
The United States ain’t so united
Caucasians says it all
If those people were let in they would have looted and destroyed gretna so understand i would not have let the people in either they were looking out for their own and thats what you have to do in these situations but people call it racist new orleans has a huge crime rate with murders and thugs and gretna didnt want it
They have no right to stop people from getting out of new Orleans, sure protect your city and community but not by taking the life of other people, they killed them to save themselves
Looters gon loot
You sound privileged AF! Must be nice for you, but your privileged life does not speak for 99.9% of humans, so keep your mouth shut and your fingers away from the comments section next time you think you know something that you know nothing about
Say it how it is, they were looting and causing havoc on their path. I would have done the same.
This video is propaganda
Note when they (quickly) show the city council as a whole (and note their vote was unanimous in support of what the cops did), you see two black people. But the only close ups they show of individuals on the council were whites. (Probably hoping you'd forget about the blacks.)
Lol yah that was the first thing I noticed. Their really trying to push the race factor in this news story
I don't buy that story at all. Most of those ppl were desperate having lost everything they had. Looting was wrong yes but in the face of survival, plundering in a hopeless situation is what was logical in their the minds of those ppl. Shame.
Was all done purposely
Damn shame! I wish I could have helped ppl!
why didnt you ?? I DID
9:06 "protect the from what?" does the interviewer have a brain cell at all
The mayor just told you.
Politics cannot be bigger than humanity...The mayor and police chief violated Human Rights...
It's not even about the fact nothing was offered to the people it's the fact they weren't allowed to leave the city they didn't have to give them anything but not allowing them to cross the bridge was imprisonment
Gotta do what Yu gotta do sometimes. Life !!
In times of disaster & crisis there is no such thing as looting…it’s called survival
Looting (in this style of situation) would be things of home invasion w/ residents inside
A tv for survival? Electronics? Ok 👍🏼
Why wasn’t 60 minutes there on the bridge or it’s sister companies to protect those people? Hide the truth.
1) There was lots of food left in the hospital meaning a doctor or a nurse could have stayed for the patients that cannot move.
2) The coast guard could have helped transport the heavy patients.
3) The pets can sit on your lap in the boat instead of being euthanized.
4) They were there for five days. People lived their whole life in poverty. An editor published a complain about a power distribution company because the electricity was out. People can complain too much.
5) It was never fair for those who were killed.
6) A school children steals food because of poverty, what's her excuse? Because she's a doctor? Doing good doesn't mean you can do bad in any circumstances.
7) The sins will just keep piling up if you will not tell the truth.
Too many blacks in the group.
I’m behind the Gretna mayor and police on this. New Orleans looked like mayhem right after Katrina. Accurate or not, they felt they were keeping their community safe by doing this. Nothing wrong with that.
Just a massive violation of civil rights and the constitution
@@dorothytinman
As he said, it’s important to give when you can, but ultimately you have to take care of your own first. They were just protecting their own people.
Let’s think about ourselves. That’s the Christian way. 🤦🏽♀️
@@lngvly22 God Americans are so insanely selfish and heartless.
They were keepin their communities safe no matter the cost. There was nothin wrong with gettin help from the NOPD who had officers showed when respondin to a shots fired call, to keep the people (blacks) from crossing over. Whatever it takes right to keep them out of the community they are protectin. These officers arrived in a rental truck and an unmarked car and started following 2 different groups both seen in different areas tryin to leave, and were firin their weapons out of the windows of the car and the back of the truck, one group was a family of 4 where 1 was shot and killed and the others suffered severe injuries bad enough the one’s arm was shot p so bad it was almost shot off and had to be amputated later and they were all shot numerous of times while tryin to duck and hide from the bullets, and the other was 2 brothers, the older one mentally challenged with the mind of a child was shot in the back hen beaten and kicked until he died. Officers said they were armed so they had no choice. Good hero’s for helpin the neighborin community stay safe. Let’s have a shout out to the higher officials that came out and seen for themselves what was happenin and realized they were goin to have to assist their officers and started plantin weapons to show the victims were armed at the time, fabricating witnesses to verify the entire story that started with assistin fellow officers in the shots fired called that was never made and coverin up the whole story te officers told, because when they had arrived and checked out the whole scene that turned out to be a bloody massacre without cause they knew they would have to step in and do their part to make sure their officers story would not be questioned. Innocent people who just wanted to get off the bridge and reach their intended destinations were shot, severely injured and killed without real cause except the neighboring communities didn’t want to take a chance that any of them (Mostly black) people would pollute their neighborhood and harm any of the citizens in the area. NO there’s nothin wrong with wantin what they thought was best for the safety of their community if that was all it was, but not at the cost of innocent lives bein lost and injured all because of law enforcement discriminations against anything they don’t like or agree with and the racism that has darkened New Orleans people over the centuries.
I was watching new Orleans mayor before the hurricane arrived. He stated to one and all that this hurricane was the real deal in other words leave new Orleans before the hurricane Arrives and go now before the hurricane hits. Why didn't the residents of new Orleans evacuate before the hurricane arrived? I wasn't there but if I had been in new Orleans before the hurricane arrived I surely would have evacuated after hearing the news conference warning from the mayor. The mayor had a lot of information about what to expect after the hurricane arrived.
Seems you have a point, but that has nothing to do with this story really?
Why you even speaking on it if you wasn’t there ?? Because this statement has nothing to do with what the people had to go through.
The vast majority of the people who stayed did so because they were poor. That means they probably didn't have the means to leave. It takes money to pick up and go somewhere else. Your question doesn't take into consideration the fact that many of these people probably couldn't afford the gas money to travel to a safer place. What if they don't have family who could offer them shelter? These people had no choice. I sincerely don’t understand how the police could stop their neighbors from crossing a bridge. We aren't talking about an international border. We're talking about literal neighbors.
Katrina showed us what America is really like. Too bad that we have forgotten about it so quickly.
@@Anais2002pr They had busses lined up to evacuate people mayor Nagin waited too long to start the evacuation
@@slackjawedyokel1 not true
I see a lot of lovers of government treating tax payers like garbage lol mind blowing
Lol I’m sorry but you can’t hear the racism in his voice about the situation.. i mean it’s just there !!!!
That guy with the lock's looks like Jay z.
Don’t forget the footage of the sheriff shaking hands w the oldest black member of the community lol
Try Atlanta where even African Americans treat non-native blacks with disdain.
Here in Jacksonville Fl The Bridge
Maybe it feels racist to you because your first instinct is to always assume it is because you've been taught to care about color.
Yes 60 minutes we get it… they had their reasons to stop people crossing the bridge.
👀🤡TELL US THE REASON
Racism but folks will reap what they sow.
We’re there u.s marshalls and law enforcement who were goin home to home and disarming them entering homes and removing guns from safe’s did they have the rite I remember seeing a militia on the news who stoped them and told them they would be responsible for keeping their community safe and their would no more disarming
Till today can’t believe Katrina devastating and government lame and not working how they should
I think I remember this story that ed Bradley did this is bad the way they did black people race had everything to do with that and ed Bradley knows it but I miss ed Bradley he was a great reporter
The Gretna Police did the right thing. Let not forget what happened to the Oakwood Center (aka Oakwood Mall) that is on the Terrytown/Gretna border.
Does the town have its own government?
@@swift900thayoungbullabdul5 Yes, Gretna have their own goverment.
@Mr. No Weapon (The Prince Of The Talkbox) You might disagree with me about if the Gretna Police did the right thing or not. But what part am I lying about?
Racist!
👀OK SO U SAYIN THOSE LIILLY WHITES 👮♂️ DID THEIR JOBS!!!🤡
Frank Rizzo
I wouldn't have let them come into my city either
You shall reap what you sow. Just remember that.
Truth. When SHTF, you can't help everyone.
9:27 Sith Lord Palpatine
Fair assessment. Not pretty. Unpopular and unfair to desperate. Local law enforcement overreacted. We are splitting hairs here.
The wrathful fight neatly harm because level substantively continue lest a forgetful sleep. blue-eyed, cynical eye
Oliver Thomas is a crook
Race bait
Sounds like mayor and police chied had to do what they had to do.
Blah blah blah racism this, racism that
Keep being an idiot
Said the racist
You devils are all the same.
Notice MAJORITY Were NOT Taking Food or Necessary SUPPLIES! WONDER WHY
You are definitely clueless. Don't let a video clip fool you.
@@power966 it’s sad that with all the evidence that proved the desperation of survival and how many people were losing their lives, that folks today, still fix their mouths and act like none of that matters.
I am sure some of those police were snipers, who were shooting people after the storm.