This is too easy...

(07-05-2014 12:35 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Do you also blame NYU or Emory or Rice for the crimes in their cities?

When I refer to Tulane, it is you, not the school I am referring to.

(07-04-2014 07:24 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  Louisiana State Police To Deploy 30 Troopers For Essence Festival



Guess they want to be prepared for another "random" shooting. Of course Tulane says all is just great in the French Quarter. The family of the young woman from Hammond that died might argue with Tulane about that.

Quote: Little more than an hour after a 21-year-old Hammond woman was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds suffered in Sunday’s early morning spray of bullets on Bourbon Street, the head of State Police on Wednesday announced an emergency deployment of 30 troopers to bolster law enforcement presence in and around the French Quarter through this weekend’s Essence Festival, a major summertime tourist draw.

Col. Mike Edmonson, the state police superintendent, called it an unusual response prompted by a request from Mayor Mitch Landrieu, although it fell well short of Landrieu’s call on Tuesday for 100 state troopers to patrol the city over the long term amid a steep manpower deficit in the NOPD.

The decision to add troopers was made on Sunday, Edmonson said, although the size of the state response was unclear then.

State troopers commonly lend an extra hand in New Orleans during major special events. But not since Hurricane Katrina has the state wheeled out a major contingent to New Orleans to help quell public safety concerns, officials said.

“What makes it different from others is the shooting on Bourbon Street,” Edmonson acknowledged inside a hotel on Bourbon Street, which he called “the most visible street on earth.”

Dozens of troopers bowed their heads in a moment of silence for Brittany Thomas, who died at 2:44 p.m., and for the other nine shooting victims.

Edmonson said state police have not customarily staffed the Essence Festival to any degree. Working 12-hour shifts, the extra troopers will be deployed on foot and in cars in the French Quarter, Bywater, Faubourg Marigny and Central Business District.

Edmonson said the 30 troopers would start working immediately. Another 25 troopers are working off-duty details for Essence and will be available in a pinch, he said. By comparison, a total of 79 troopers are assigned to Troop B, the Kenner-based unit that covers Orleans and five other parishes.

The state reinforcements will run through an overnight shift that ends Monday morning. Beyond that, Edmonson said, he’s developing plans through Labor Day, though he is still working with NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas on the specifics.

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/new...-deploy-30

No comment on this post Tulane?

(07-05-2014 06:51 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(06-29-2014 10:20 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(06-29-2014 09:54 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Bourbon st is plenty safe for the amount of traffic it gets. Stop acting like you know. This is just a random act of violence. A shame.

I dunno. back when I was in school, it seemed we were on bourbon street more than we were in class. I have been back virtually every time we went to the staggering drunkeness bowl, and I would say it seemed less safe.

it could just be the difference between being 20, drunk, and immortal then, and now being in my 40s and listening to my wife half shriek, "is that man urinating?!?!?" joke was on her. it wasn't a man. not really.

holy shite.....if it wasn't once a week, I was in florida doing the beach thingy or on a golf junket....then I got mugged after the cure concert in my early twenties.....that kinda did it for me....now it's just posh hotels and daytime fun....I got to live that life and survived it (how??? I have no recollection).....that was good and lucky enough for me my man

destin, right? barely florida. more like lower alabama. but they had distinct and different purposes. nola was were you went with your buddies to make mayhem. destin was were you took your girlfreind, or where you went to chase mostly nekkid wimmins around the beach.

(07-05-2014 06:41 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(07-05-2014 06:51 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(06-29-2014 10:20 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(06-29-2014 09:54 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Bourbon st is plenty safe for the amount of traffic it gets. Stop acting like you know. This is just a random act of violence. A shame.

I dunno. back when I was in school, it seemed we were on bourbon street more than we were in class. I have been back virtually every time we went to the staggering drunkeness bowl, and I would say it seemed less safe.

it could just be the difference between being 20, drunk, and immortal then, and now being in my 40s and listening to my wife half shriek, "is that man urinating?!?!?" joke was on her. it wasn't a man. not really.

holy shite.....if it wasn't once a week, I was in florida doing the beach thingy or on a golf junket....then I got mugged after the cure concert in my early twenties.....that kinda did it for me....now it's just posh hotels and daytime fun....I got to live that life and survived it (how??? I have no recollection).....that was good and lucky enough for me my man

destin, right? barely florida. more like lower alabama. but they had distinct and different purposes. nola was were you went with your buddies to make mayhem. destin was were you took your girlfreind, or where you went to chase mostly nekkid wimmins around the beach.

pensacola to panama city.....there was this rednecky thingy around fort walton....me thinks they called it Milton....was a new land speed record at that time to spank that arse....dude, it was only about pooosy and I paid for it multiple ways.....maw shoemakes in meridian.....you missed out bro,,

(07-05-2014 06:41 PM)EagleX Wrote:  nola was were you went with your buddies to make mayhem. destin was were you took your girlfreind, or where you went to chase mostly nekkid wimmins around the beach.

Yep, those were the days. Except in my case the girlfriend spent the summer in Orange Beach, so that's where I went most often.

The plot thickens

facebook is somehow involved, so I'm sure the whole story is about to take a turn for retarded