Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry released a video Thursday targeting Mitch Landrieu

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Mayor Landrieu responded to the Landry video by tweeting, “Keeping New Orleans safe is too important to play politics with @AGJeffLandry”

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Also, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro also took a shot at Mr. Landrieu this week releasing a scathing editorial at the New Orleans Advocate accusing the mayor of endangering the citizens of New Orleans.

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Cannizzaro writes, “Ensuring public safety is a full-time job that demands a sustained and consistent approach from leaders. In espousing tough-on-crime policies on one day and then pacifist policies the next, this mayor has repeatedly placed politics above public safety. As a result, he has caused the city to suffer through the repeated cycle of escalating rates of violent crime under his administration.”

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And then there is the recent report by the Metropolitan Crime Commission blaming Mr. Landrieu’s hiring freeze of cops when he was first elected for the dramatic increase in New Orleans violence.

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