Truck drives into crowd of revelers on Bourbon St in New Orleans.
At least 10 dead, 30 or more injured.
“Not Terrorism related” (Innit interesting how they always say that when it WAS terrorism related)
2 cops shot by driver of truck.
My prayers for those who were killed or injured, and their families and friends.
Apparently the only barricades in place were simple orange and white sawhorses rather than anything more substantial…Interesting, if true. I remember substantial bollards on most streets last time I was there.
We have no data on who the driver is, or his ancestry or religion as of this posting. But I bet, from the details that are emerging, that this is a muslim male between 25 and 40.
One thing I notice: All the major media, ABC, NBC. CBS, Fox, etc. are all commenting on the fact that much of the immediate care to the injured victims was given by bystanders from the crowd. Of course, all the commenters are from places like New York and LA and this incident happened in New Orleans…. I guess the folks in New York are more likely to simply stand around and gawk and take cell phone video, while in other places, like NO, people actually do something. It seems to surprise the New York folks,.
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