Superdome of Shame

[arisbe]

"Let's face it. If you're poor in America, you're a 'suspect,' maybe. If you're poor and black in America, you're a 'criminal,' definitely. Even if your life is in peril, no excuses. Your rights don't count as long as any badge or weekend warrior in BDU's says they don't.

"This is the real story of the Louisiana Superdome." -- Jack Duggan on LRC

In the so-called Liberal Media? No comment.

Comments

[kali-ma.livejournal.com]

Yeah. This is why a lot of people stayed in their homes, and are now sitting on the roof hoping not to drown. When I lived there, you couldn't have dragged me to the Superdome during a hurricane. I stayed in my house during Georges.

[elnigma.livejournal.com]

The argument was made no one noticed, that's not true, I think people around the country were shocked. I couldn't believe they were still holding the NFL game - they made people wait until it was over?! I was also thinking if I had to wait hours while people searched me to enter someplace with guards, I'd worry about being allowed to leave.

[kali-ma.livejournal.com]

They aren't allowed to leave. Of course, they almost certainly have no where to go anyway. The street has 3 feet of water in it and their homes have probably been destroyed.