Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Ray Nagin Held In Contempt of Court.....
....at the very least, you would think that the people of New Orleans should hold him in contempt for ineptitude....but onto the Constitutional aspect....Ahem.
The Second Ammendment Foundation has scored a victory in their contempt motion against New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and NOPD Superintendent warren Riley, for " for failure to provide initial disclosures and answers to discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation. "
Money Quote....
“They seem to forget that we went to court over a serious civil rights violation,” Gottlieb continued. “In the days following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans dispatched police officers and National Guard troopers to confiscate firearms. In many cases, citizens were disarmed at gunpoint, without warrant and without probable cause. Nagin and Riley, and every other official in New Orleans who was part of this outrage, need to understand that the Constitution may not be suspended in New Orleans or anywhere else by a natural disaster, or on somebody’s whim.
While I understand the idea of trying to prevent looting and further loss of life post Katrina, if Nagin had the minimal competence to get everybody OUT of New Orleans with the transportation that WAS readily available prior to the storm.....
....he wouldn't be dealing with this case right now would he ?
The Second Ammendment Foundation has scored a victory in their contempt motion against New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and NOPD Superintendent warren Riley, for " for failure to provide initial disclosures and answers to discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation. "
Money Quote....
“They seem to forget that we went to court over a serious civil rights violation,” Gottlieb continued. “In the days following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans dispatched police officers and National Guard troopers to confiscate firearms. In many cases, citizens were disarmed at gunpoint, without warrant and without probable cause. Nagin and Riley, and every other official in New Orleans who was part of this outrage, need to understand that the Constitution may not be suspended in New Orleans or anywhere else by a natural disaster, or on somebody’s whim.
While I understand the idea of trying to prevent looting and further loss of life post Katrina, if Nagin had the minimal competence to get everybody OUT of New Orleans with the transportation that WAS readily available prior to the storm.....
....he wouldn't be dealing with this case right now would he ?
# posted by Mark Dunn @ 8:23 AM 
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To paraphrase Mae West, am I trying to show contempt for Ray Nagin's handling of Kartina before and after? No, I'm trying to conceal it.
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