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Irregular News for 9.02.05
According to Harris County Judge Robert Eckles, the Houston Chronicle is expected to run a story in the morning stating that the Astrodome will be "home" to about 100 prisoners from New Orleans.
Eckles says the situation is a bit more nuanced than that:
It appears that New Orleans police were forced to take about 100 prisoners to the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. For whatever reason, these prisoners were allowed by the NOPD to mingle freely with the larger population inside the Superdome. When it was time for everyone to leave, NOPD were shocked to discover that not all of the 100 prisoners wanted to identify themselves and step forward for the priviledge of going back to jail.
Who woulda thunk it?
Eckles says that while it is possible that some of these prisoners decided to get on the bus and come to Houston, he suspects it is much more likely that most of them chose to "start looting while the looting was good" and stayed behind in New Orleans.
When let out the the Superdome, people were allowed to either get on a bus or, if they wished, were free to just wander off.
Eckles emphasized to LST that everyone entering the Astrodome as a refugee would be patted down and searched for weapons.
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According to Harris County Judge Robert Eckles, the Houston Chronicle is expected to run a story in the morning stating that the Astrodome will be "home" to about 100 prisoners from New Orleans.
Eckles says the situation is a bit more nuanced than that:
It appears that New Orleans police were forced to take about 100 prisoners to the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. For whatever reason, these prisoners were allowed by the NOPD to mingle freely with the larger population inside the Superdome. When it was time for everyone to leave, NOPD were shocked to discover that not all of the 100 prisoners wanted to identify themselves and step forward for the priviledge of going back to jail.
Who woulda thunk it?
Eckles says that while it is possible that some of these prisoners decided to get on the bus and come to Houston, he suspects it is much more likely that most of them chose to "start looting while the looting was good" and stayed behind in New Orleans.
When let out the the Superdome, people were allowed to either get on a bus or, if they wished, were free to just wander off.
Eckles emphasized to LST that everyone entering the Astrodome as a refugee would be patted down and searched for weapons.
Full Story