View Full Version : Special CNN presentation this weekend
where yat brah
11-21-2008, 01:02 PM
Fighting violence, crime and injustice in NOLA.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/
Belle
11-21-2008, 01:05 PM
Sounds like a tivo moment. Thanks. Just wonder what it will take?
rosetree
11-21-2008, 02:01 PM
This can't be a positive report on New Orleans as there is nothing positive about the police and criminal justice system here. We marched on City Hall two years ago. Tears were shed. Speeches were made. Promises were made and not kept.
Sadly, I don't think that any changes can be made until the Mayor and the Police Chief are gone....:( :mad:
windowman
11-21-2008, 04:07 PM
This can't be a positive report on New Orleans as there is nothing positive about the police and criminal justice system here. We marched on City Hall two years ago. Tears were shed. Speeches were made. Promises were made and not kept.
Sadly, I don't think that any changes can be made until the Mayor and the Police Chief are gone....:( :mad:
You are spot on, Rosie. Here is an article in the T-P about the CNN program:
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1227249044272720.xml&coll=1
Belle
11-21-2008, 04:15 PM
Sadly, I don't think that any changes can be made until the Mayor and the Police Chief are gone....:( :mad:
Didn't you just go through this? Geez what does it take? Is the electorate that uninformed or just not engaged. Not directed to anyone here but for Gods sake...enough is enough. Rise up everyone. *again not directed to those on this board who live in New Orleans. Reminds me of Marion Barry and DC for sure.
festivalgirl
11-21-2008, 04:24 PM
This can't be a positive report on New Orleans as there is nothing positive about the police and criminal justice system here. We marched on City Hall two years ago. Tears were shed. Speeches were made. Promises were made and not kept.
Sadly, I don't think that any changes can be made until the Mayor and the Police Chief are gone....:( :mad:
Remember, it's CNN. They don't make money or ratings by being positive. I'd guess the positive aspects are purposely left on the cutting room floor.
mightyradgumbo
11-22-2008, 04:08 AM
On a positive note, the city council just ok'd the new DA's budget without flinching. I think that means there are some people in the right places that are serious about fixing the problem. In all my days of following politics, I have never seen a crime budget approved with such expeditiousness as I have seen DA Cannizaro's budget.
chicagomike
11-22-2008, 10:52 AM
Remember, it's CNN. They don't make money or ratings by being positive. I'd guess the positive aspects are purposely left on the cutting room floor.
Soledad O'Brien states quite clearly in the T-P article that she feels the program strikes a hopeful tone.
rosetree
11-22-2008, 01:36 PM
Soledad O'Brien states quite clearly in the T-P article that she feels the program strikes a hopeful tone.
Seeing is believing!
I truly hope that the message is positive, but I have my doubts.
I'd LOVE to be proved wrong in this case.....
mightyradgumbo
11-22-2008, 01:42 PM
Soledad O'Brien states quite clearly in the T-P article that she feels the program strikes a hopeful tone.
Soledad O'Brien has been one of the city's biggest cheerleaders in the media.....hmmmm Soledad O'Brien in a cheerleader outfit /oink/....oh sorry where was I, yeah I am hoping with Rosie that she does strike a hopeful tone. We need the cream to start rising to the top more often than not here. There are a lot of people doing good work here, and others that continue to live in and love the city and go about their bidness. These peeps are often overshadowed by the thugs. It has to stop somewhere.
Rossvegas
11-23-2008, 10:51 AM
I dunno if she was a "cheerleader" or not, but I know that if I had never been to New Orleans before, I would never set foot in the place after seeing that show. She profiled 7 murders in 72 hours, highlighted a legacy of corruption and featured a multiple murderer who is still on the loose. The documentary left off with a "things are improving" theme, but if I was a potential New Orleans tourist, my feeling would have been: "Looks like it could be a half decent city one day. Let me know when it's fixed because there's NO WAY I'm going there right now."
It's on again tonight, so if you want to be numbed and negged out, be sure to tune in....
marignygreg
11-23-2008, 11:04 AM
Also Helen Hill was not a French Quarter resident, as the show stated. She lived in Marigny, outside of the tourist zone. Many tourists figure they are safe in the Quarter, but not after hearing that....
Zydekitten
11-23-2008, 09:57 PM
No offense to anybody here, but as a NOLA Local Yokel, I just wasn't up to watching an hour's program of the crime issues here in NOLA (I made the questionable decision to watch Texas Tech be violated by Oklahoma instead).
Crime here however continues to be a real problem - I didn't vote for Cannizzaro (I voted for Capitelli). But it seems that they were both aiming to be a much more effective D.A. than we've have had in the past . . . and THAT would be a huge step forward in addressing the violent crime that presents such a blight on this otherwise lovely place.
ibjamn
11-24-2008, 09:50 AM
No offense to anybody here, but as a NOLA Local Yokel, I just wasn't up to watching an hour's program of the crime issues here in NOLA (I made the questionable decision to watch Texas Tech be violated by Oklahoma instead).
Crime here however continues to be a real problem - I didn't vote for Cannizzaro (I voted for Capitelli). But it seems that they were both aiming to be a much more effective D.A. than we've have had in the past . . . and THAT would be a huge step forward in addressing the violent crime that presents such a blight on this otherwise lovely place.
Me too, Kitty. I watched the "Christmas in New Orleans" special on PBS instead. (I also voted for Capitelli.)
I love Soledad. I thought her segment in Spike Lee's film was one of the most moving. I didn't watch the show because they always address what to do about the problem instead of why the problem exist. That's the big question here. There's abject poverty in every urban American city. That's where most of the victims and perps live. Yet the crime in New Orleans shows a viciousness that speaks to a desperation unlike none seen anywhere else. Find out why that is and you're halfway to solving the problem.