Sunday, December 23, 2007

New Orleans Police Taser, Pepper Spray Residents Seeking to Block Public Housing Demolition

New Orleans Police Taser, Pepper Spray Residents Seeking to Block Public Housing Demolition
Democracy Now

The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city’s four largest public housing developments will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing. Hundreds of people were turned away from the City Council meeting. Police shot protesters with pepper spray and tasers. We go to New Orleans to speak with two local community activists and a former SWAT commander

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2 comments:

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Thivai