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Originally posted by Rudey
I did a search and found this:
"Contrary to many media reports, martial law has not been declared in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, because no such term exists in Louisiana state law[4]. Rather, a state of emergency has been declared, which does give some powers similar to that of martial law. On the evening of August 31, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin did declare "martial law" (in name at least) in the city and said that "officers don't have to worry about civil rights and Miranda rights in stopping the looters."
The thing is that on Good Morning America this morning they talked about how President Bush was considering declaring martial law. Maybe that's on the federal level or something...
-Rudey
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I am not sure about the logistics/linguistics of martial law per se, but I do know that the Mayor of NO or the governor of LA has to actually
ask or request military help from the federal government. He waited a long time to do that I think. That's why troops weren't there as quickly as the media would have liked.
Back to the looter thing-shoot them on site. That's bullshit.
I heard today that a man tried to rape a 13 year old girl by the astrodome or whatever that is, and a mob killed him. Good.