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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
It is easily verifiable that Gretna sustained looting and hurricane damage and that it was assisting in the evacuation of people through Gretna to Metairie. I do not think anyone is actually disputing that.
Thus, where does it differ greatly?
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Although our investigation of the bridge incident is not complete, initial reports revealed that a warning shot was fired when the crowd became unruly and the safety of the officer was threatened.
Eyewitness accounts from the people trying to cross the bridge, a group of about 100 people, said that they never became unruly and that the officer in question fired warning shots as soon as they approached. The group then disbanded and a group of around 30-40 (many elderly) people camped out at the base of the bridge, and were then supposedly approached by Gretna police later that night and robbed of food and water at gunpoint.
And what exactly measures his safety being threatened?