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'''Hurricane Katrina''' was a hurricane which hit [[New Orleans]].
 
'''Hurricane Katrina''' was a hurricane which hit [[New Orleans]].
  
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[[FEMA]] [[Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency|Director]] [[Michael Brown]] was "disgraced" by his lack of action and resigned as a result.<ref>http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/08/24/corruption-and-contempt-the-hidden-story-of-hurricane-katrina/</ref><ref>http://www.wanttoknow.info/femafailureskatrina</ref>
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[[FEMA]] [[Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency|Director]] [[Michael Brown]] was "disgraced" by his lack of action and resigned as a result.<ref>http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/08/24/corruption-and-contempt-the-hidden-story-of-hurricane-katrina/</ref><ref>http://www.wanttoknow.info/femafailureskatrina</ref> Reports emerged that food and water was deliberately withheld from  survivors in the SuperDome and elsewhere,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20051123100938/http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/134867.php</ref> lethal force was advocated to responding forces in the disaster zone.<ref>https://www.mediamatters.org/peggy-noonan/noonan-new-orleans-i-hope-looters-are-shot</ref>
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==Shootings==
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There were conflicting reports about how many people were shot for looting. The [[police]] force was getting order to do so.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/nopd-order-to-shoot-looters-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023004/http://www.propublica.org/nola</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20191117111926/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d561ff1d-7eb1-520e-b8fd-a87b5aca0b8a.html</ref><ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20151025043321/http://www.rawstory.com/2010/08/hurricane-katrina-nola-officers-told-shoot-looters/</ref> [[Blackwater]] mercenaries were sent in the disaster zone,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100114070530/http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20150619013646/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackwater-down/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130419140044/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina</ref> and a detachment of 300 [[National Guard]] troops with the authorisation to shoot and kill "hoodlums".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050910060716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451906.htm</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110529044549/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/la_governor_warns_troops_will_/</ref> By some accounts deadly force targeted primarily people of color searching for food.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20180412171005/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/09/Katrina.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032255/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/10/Danziger.html</ref><ref>https://www.amazon.com/Shots-Bridge-Violence-Cover-Up-Katrina/dp/0807033502</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081221105649/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/editors2</ref>
  
 
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Increased gentrification of some parts of [[New Orleans]].{{cn}}
 
Increased gentrification of some parts of [[New Orleans]].{{cn}}
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Revision as of 23:16, 7 May 2021

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DateAugust 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005

Hurricane Katrina was a hurricane which hit New Orleans.

FEMA Director Michael Brown was "disgraced" by his lack of action and resigned as a result.[1][2] Reports emerged that food and water was deliberately withheld from survivors in the SuperDome and elsewhere,[3] lethal force was advocated to responding forces in the disaster zone.[4]

Shootings

There were conflicting reports about how many people were shot for looting. The police force was getting order to do so.[5][6][7][8][9] Blackwater mercenaries were sent in the disaster zone,[10][11][12] and a detachment of 300 National Guard troops with the authorisation to shoot and kill "hoodlums".[13][14] By some accounts deadly force targeted primarily people of color searching for food.[15][16][17][18]

Outcome

Increased gentrification of some parts of New Orleans.[citation needed]

Weblinks


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References

  1. ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/08/24/corruption-and-contempt-the-hidden-story-of-hurricane-katrina/
  2. ↑ http://www.wanttoknow.info/femafailureskatrina
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20051123100938/http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/134867.php
  4. ↑ https://www.mediamatters.org/peggy-noonan/noonan-new-orleans-i-hope-looters-are-shot
  5. ↑ https://www.propublica.org/article/nopd-order-to-shoot-looters-hurricane-katrina
  6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023004/http://www.propublica.org/nola
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20191117111926/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d561ff1d-7eb1-520e-b8fd-a87b5aca0b8a.html
  8. ↑ https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity
  9. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20151025043321/http://www.rawstory.com/2010/08/hurricane-katrina-nola-officers-told-shoot-looters/
  10. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100114070530/http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150619013646/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackwater-down/
  12. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130419140044/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina
  13. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20050910060716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451906.htm
  14. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110529044549/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/la_governor_warns_troops_will_/
  15. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20180412171005/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/09/Katrina.html
  16. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032255/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/10/Danziger.html
  17. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Shots-Bridge-Violence-Cover-Up-Katrina/dp/0807033502
  18. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081221105649/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/editors2


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