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New Orleans business owners say crime is out of control, soft-on-crime policies to blame
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:49 pm
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New Orleans business owners are fed up with the rise in crime in the city, which has seen its murder rate spike to highs unseen in almost three decades.
"I think there is a lot of people that have worked in the French Quarter and loved to work in the French Quarter, but they just don't feel safe coming down here anymore," Christian Pendleton of the Louisiana Restaurant Association told WWLTV. "They don't feel safe, leaving work at night and having to walk to their cars because of the lack of police presence in the French Quarter and knowing nothing is happening criminals when they're found, they're getting the proverbial detention slip."
Pendleton's comments come as crime has surged in New Orleans in recent years, and 2022 is showing no signs that the trend will improve any time soon. The city's murder rate is on pace to hit 74.12 murders per 100,000 population, a mark that would put the city among the highest in the world and the highest New Orleans has recorded since 1994. Unofficial numbers from June show 31 murders in the city as the typical summer crime wave begins to heat up.
Murders began surging in the city in 2020, jumping to 201 from 119 in 2019. That number rose again in 2021 to 218, an 83% increase over 2019's number. Now, New Orleans is on pace to eclipse 300 murders in 2022, something that has residents and business owners concerned.
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New Orleans itself was the site of multiple protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, with some of those protests turning chaotic and violent. In a June 2020 protest in the city, officers were forced to use tear gas to disperse a crowd that had protesters engage police officers in a physical confrontation, according to reporting from Nola.com.
The city was also host to dozens of protests that were more peaceful, with protesters demanding reforms to police tactics in the aftermath of Floyd's death.
"I don't want to hear about Black people dying for no reason," protester Jess Miller said at the time, according to Fox 8.
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In New Orleans, the movement helped lead to the election of "progressive prosecutor" Jason Williams as the district attorney, who promised a "more selective" approach to prosecutions that goes "beyond punishment."
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Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:49 pm to member12
Something about getting what you vote for
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:51 pm to member12
Tough shite.
Go ask the folks over at Courtyard Brewery for some help.
Go ask the folks over at Courtyard Brewery for some help.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 12:51 pm to member12
Latoya da destroya don’t care. She’s gettin drunk on the French Riviera 
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:08 pm to beerJeep
I’m glad that they are getting some heat for it at least.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:12 pm to member12
Not gonna change a thing.
Teddy is not gonna come down on her people
Teddy is not gonna come down on her people
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:13 pm to LNCHBOX
I would say most "normal" business owners were not proponents of Latoya or especially Jason Williams.
Places like Pizza Delicious heavily campaigned for Williams and the new Sheriff though.
Places like Pizza Delicious heavily campaigned for Williams and the new Sheriff though.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:13 pm to member12
This is outrageous? What about systemic racism and the long held struggles of people of color, especially black and indigenous females? Everyone needs to stop worrying about their safety and start worrying about the rights of black trans activists. Bigots.
(written in sarcasm font (TM)
(written in sarcasm font (TM)
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:14 pm to member12
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Following the Black Lives Matter protests and calls to defend the police in mid-2020, the murder rate in the U.S. skyrocketed compared to 2019. Among Black Americans alone, the murder rate climbed by 32%, resulting in the deaths of 2,457 more Black Americans than the year prior.
Black Lives Matter only when killed by white people or cops
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:14 pm to member12
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New Orleans business owners are fed up with the rise in crime in the city, which has seen its murder rate spike to highs unseen in almost three decades.
Crime was as bad or worse in NOLA three decades ago?
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:16 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:Well then maybe I'll amend it to "you get whatever happens when you don't vote" since so few people actually vote these morons in.
I would say most "normal" business owners were not proponents of Latoya or especially Jason Williams.
Places like Pizza Delicious heavily campaigned for Williams and the new Sheriff though.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:17 pm to member12
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Restaurant Association
No matter what city you're in, this industry is full of progressive loons.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:17 pm to member12
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New Orleans business owners say crime is out of control
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:21 pm to beerJeep
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Latoya da destroya don’t care.
Her voters live off welfare checks.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:22 pm to Skillet
Yes. Crime in NOLA was terrible from 1985-1996 or thereabouts
Crack was introduced in the mid 80’s and things went sideways very fast.
Ironically, things got better when black leaders pleaded with Clinton and Congress to send money for police and install higher penalties for felonies. Now their kids aid grandkids think it was white government that militarized the police. It was actually their elders who got it done
Crack was introduced in the mid 80’s and things went sideways very fast.
Ironically, things got better when black leaders pleaded with Clinton and Congress to send money for police and install higher penalties for felonies. Now their kids aid grandkids think it was white government that militarized the police. It was actually their elders who got it done
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:23 pm to LSUBadger
Mafia needs to come back. Things were better back then.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:24 pm to LNCHBOX
I'm 100% convinced that the next mayor of New Orleans will be Oliver Thomas, a convicted felon.
I think its inevitable.
I think its inevitable.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:27 pm to member12
I told you people to vote for Noonie Man but no one listened
This post was edited on 7/18/22 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:27 pm to Skillet
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Crime was as bad or worse in NOLA three decades ago?
Mid 90s? Oh yeah, but it was way more concentrated in certain areas of the city and everyone knew the NOPD would crack skulls if you really got out of line or stepped on their rackets.
And as far as violence in the touristy areas, most violent criminals wouldn't even THINK about fricking with tourists just in case the NOPD learned to read minds. Sure, there were the con artists and pickpockets, but popping a round off or mugging a tourist was a fricking bold move. The NOPD had ZERO tolerance for that shite.
This post was edited on 7/18/22 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 7/18/22 at 1:27 pm to Fun Bunch
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I'm 100% convinced that the next mayor of New Orleans will be Oliver Thomas, a convicted felon. I think its inevitable.
A thug to lead a city of thugs
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