[IMC-Boston-Editorial] New Feature Proposed: Cops and Troops Attack Survivors of Katrina

[Alex Gould]

[As events unfold over this weekend, my observations and analysis are
being borne out. The government is committing a monstrous crime of
genocide against the black people of New Orleans -- Alex Gould,
Pawtucket, RI]

As New Orleans Drowns and Rots 
Cops and Troops Attack Survivors of Katrina 
Bosses' Property Rights Supercede Rescue Efforts 
by Alex Gould

http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/41066/index.php 

Politicians from Bush to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin offered no
transportation or housing when they ordered the population of New
Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, and the Delta to evacuate. The hundreds of
thousands of stranded, homeless survivors struggle for life's barest
necessities in the toxic floodwaters of New Orleans and the near-total
destruction of the Mississippi gulf coast. The dead are only beginning
to be counted, and are being left on the roads and in the rubble to rot
for the time being. Lacking electricity, food, clean water, medical
care, and communication with the outside world, hours are the
difference between life and death for the majority black working class
population of New Orleans, especially the elderly, the ill, and young
children. 

But former cable TV executive Ray Nagin on Wednesday, August 31 ordered
1,500 of his police to stop their rescue efforts and control "looting".
Shotguns drawn and backed up by National Guard troops, the capitalist
state has turned against the desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina
to protect its number one concern: the private property of business
owners. Oilman Bush has declared "zero tolerance" for "looters". While
he also mentioned gas price gouging, the executives at Exxon Mobil
needen't fear national guardsmen at their doors with shoot-to-kill
orders. ...

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