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SO YOU WANTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS? TURNED BACK AT GUNPOINT…..

I STILL don’t know whether to believe this or not….the fact that UPI is carrying it doesn’t give it any additional credibility in my book.

As they made their way to the bridge in order to leave the city “armed Gretna sheriffs (sic) formed a line across the foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing their weapons over our heads.”

....The authors say that during the course of that day, they saw “other families, individuals and groups make the same trip up the incline in an attempt to cross the bridge, only to be turned away. Some chased away with gunfire, others simply told no, others to be verbally berated and humiliated.”
Efforts to contact the authors of the Internet posting were unsuccessful, but UPI was able to confirm that individuals with their names are employed as paramedics in San Francisco.

Talk about supporting the ugliest stereotypes about the residents and law enforcement of small southern towns!! READ the whole thing.

UPDATE: SAMIZDATA.NET has more on the story, including lots of comments from readers. There is an expression of caution about swallowing the story whole before getting some confirmation, from independent sources…...

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