Listen to 'The American Life' from NPR that aired this weekend.
Several stories about the situation in New Orleans.

One story (confirmed, multiple sources) was on how the local police
from the town on the other side of the Mississippi bridge guarded the
bottom of the bridge on the New Orleans' side and wouldn't let anyone
try and cross the bridge. Despite the fact there was no traffic on the
bridge. These police officers fired their guns into the air/toward the
people to keep them back.

Why a largely white town in Mississippi didn't want thousands of wet,
dirty and mostly black 'displaced' persons entering their precious town
is left as an exercise for the reader.


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