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As important as the possible economic effects of another big storm is the police state response of the federal and local governments to this threat. I am horrified at the way this country treats the poor of that beleaguered city. A spate of recent reports on the plight of many, especially non whites, in New Orleans had appeared recently in The Nation, The Guardian, and TruthOut among others.
I hope people will see the repressive police tactics being used against the people of New Orleans for exactly what they are. The last hurricane did not completely obliterate the "undesirable" element in that city; maybe this one combined with a better prepared authoritarian regime will.
Posted by Nancy Vining Van Ness | September 1, 2008 6:25 AM