KeltonKrew
Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2002
- Messages
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You're gonna LOVE this!!!! New Orleans's Phantom Police<br />><br />>Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, lashed back at critics after the FBI <br />>discovered that up to 700 so-called members of the city police force <br />>simply did not exist. Funding for many of these officers was provided <br />>by the federal government.<br />><br />>"During the storm and aftermath we'd heard reports that hundreds of New <br />>Orleans police officers had deserted their post," said an FBI <br />>spokesman."<br />><br />>Further investigation indicates that these posts had never been manned <br />>and the funds supposedly paid in wages has disappeared." "Sure, we <br />>overstated the number of officers on the force,"said Nagin. "We did <br />>this to deter crime."<br />><br />>As Nagin explained it, the "phantom officers" were used as a decoy to <br />>"frighten" would-be offenders. "Just as George Washington lit fake <br />>campfires to lull the British troops before his surprise attack at <br />>Princeton, we in New Orleans have employed a similar strategy."<br />><br />>The effectiveness of Nagin's alleged strategy is in doubt, though. New <br />>Orleans has one of the highest crime rates per capita in the nation.<br />><br />>As for what happened to the funds that were supposed to have paid <br />>police salaries, Nagin asserted that they were used to hire consultants <br />>and purchase computer software needed to sustain New Orleans' "Virtual <br />>Police Force." "The software had to be custom made," said Nagin. "It's <br />>not something you can buy at CompUSA. Software designers don't come <br />>cheap. Neither do the public relations experts who developed our media <br />>campaign."<br />><br />>The media campaign featured TV spots of various street people implying <br />>that they could be undercover cops. In one ad, an apparently toothless <br />>derelict looks into the camera and says, "I be watchin' you. So don't <br />>you go misbehavin'."<br />><br />>Unimpressed by Nagin's explanation, the FBI asserted it will continue <br />>its investigation.<br />><br />>And they want us to give them $40 Billion, no strings attached and no <br />>oversight, to rebuild New Orleans!
