But I Could Have Been Stabbed By A Trombone
Occasionally there are shooting deaths at these second line parades and its nice to know there are 20 cops left in New Orleans but still...the incident raises interesting questions about the balance between maintaining order and the need to nurture a culture which partly defines the city.
Still others say the incident is a sign of a greater attack on the cultural history of the old city neighborhood by well-heeled newcomers attracted to Treme by the very history they seem to threaten.
It ain't Burma, but Jesus Fucking Christ, busting up a funeral? Tell me the crime rate is so low that they have time to fuck with citizens like this.
No, the latest murder count in a recent news story was worded "at least the 154th murder this year", which with a population almost cut in half is pretty to close to a per capita count as high as the record levels in early to mid 90s. And right, there is that bright side--it ain't Burma.
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Occasionally there are shooting deaths at these second line parades and its nice to know there are 20 cops left in New Orleans but still...the incident raises interesting questions about the balance between maintaining order and the need to nurture a culture which partly defines the city.
Still others say the incident is a sign of a greater attack on the cultural history of the old city neighborhood by well-heeled newcomers attracted to Treme by the very history they seem to threaten.
- jimlouis 10-03-2007 4:43 pm
- jimlouis 10-03-2007 4:57 pm [add a comment]
It ain't Burma, but Jesus Fucking Christ, busting up a funeral? Tell me the crime rate is so low that they have time to fuck with citizens like this.
- mark 10-03-2007 8:13 pm [add a comment]
No, the latest murder count in a recent news story was worded "at least the 154th murder this year", which with a population almost cut in half is pretty to close to a per capita count as high as the record levels in early to mid 90s. And right, there is that bright side--it ain't Burma.
- jimlouis 10-03-2007 10:34 pm [add a comment]