re: Whites attacked at St Martinville parade

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I attended the Newcomer’s Parade in St. Martinville for the last time. It was the most racist display that you have ever seen. We were watching the parade from my sister’s front yard on Main Street. One of my little nieces caught a nice set of beads thrown from a float and was all happy because most of the beads were being thrown to African-American children only. We waved to the lady that threw the beads to signify “thanks”. She jumped off the float and ripped the beads off my 2nd grade niece’s neck and started screaming at her “I bought these beads for black children, not white kids!” One group of thugs raided a family’s ice chest and when they tried to stop them, the thugs raised their shirts to show that they all had pistols. The majority of the thugs causing all of the trouble were most likely from Texas, as the whole town was flooded with cars with Texas plates. The poor St. Martin police and sheriff were overwhelmed by all of the gangsters causing trouble, next year the State Police and National Guard need to be involved if this racist crime ridden parade continues. I know I will not be there, the worst neighborhoods in New Orleans are much safer than St. Martinville on Mardi Gras!

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