NOLA

[tdncz]

I Left the FQ 30 mins before this happened.

1 bollards were not up -they were "being updated for the Super Bowl" -Like when the gate is up at a secure facility because no guard on duty, I guess the thought is "hey terrorists, don't hit today, our gate is up" - or in this case "hey terrorists, don't hit tonight because our bollards are being upgraded".

Where was the "plan b"?

2 heavy police presence everywhere BUT- most were congregating in groups of 10-15 at corners
All around the FQ. I asked a group "hey why aren't you all Patrolling"?. Met with blank cop stares.

3. So no bollards so "plan b" was to have TWO police vehicles "blocking" bourbon st at canal st. You got it, the terrorists drove around them -on the sidewalk - and got around them. Great planning guys. The police security plan for the FQ -on New Years Eve, the night before Sugar Bowl, a month before the SUPER BOWL - was a complete failure. Period.

And 4. I note VERY little said about the FACT this guy was an ISLAMIC terrorist. couldn't Care less he was a "vet". I Spent 35 yrs in Marine Corps, I know many like him.

Hard to trust those guys when I was overseas. VERY HARD.

[JamesTheJeweler]

What a stupid comment.

There have been terrorist attacks in many, many major cities over the past few decades. Boston, New York, Atlanta, London, Paris, Las Vegas, Buenos Aries, etc. just to name a few.

NOLA and its citizens didn’t cause this attack. They are victims. Many are going to suffer personally and economically because of a murderous idiot from Houston. They deserve compassion and help. They sure as hell don’t deserve to be s*** on and trashed.

Did I trash the people.of New Orleans? No, I didnt. I have family and friends that live and are from New Orleans. The city as a whole is a crime infested ___hole. Your gaslighting horse___t is what's stupid. To try and say I'm blaming the citizens for the attack is stupid.

[Cajunrunner]

NOLA and its citizens didn’t cause this attack. They are victims. Many are going to suffer personally and economically because of an Islamic terrorist from Houston. They deserve compassion and help. They sure as hell don’t deserve to be s*** on and trashed.

Fixed it for you.

[Grantvb]

The Feds found an IED next to St. Louis Cathedral also.

[CAJUNSby90]

The Feds found an IED next to St. Louis Cathedral also.

FEDS intially said they believe he wasnt a lone wolf, now saying they dont believe he had accomplices lol

[Cajunrunner]

FEDS intially said they believe he wasnt a lone wolf, now saying they dont believe he had accomplices lol

Yeah…no person with a brain should believe FBI statement these days. The entire department is politically charged.

[ZoomZoom]

Most vehicles are made to pancake when in a crash.

Agree. At the same time, it seems quite logical he was hoping for a breech of the lithium battery area and subsequent fire. Explosive devices in the vehicle, centuries old structures, other devices found in area. But everything had to fall perfectly.

It could be said dude was playing the long game and the plan got stopped in the first quarter.

The losses incurred are horrific. God’s grace intervened stopping the nightmare.

[RedTails]

I Left the FQ 30 mins before this happened.

1 bollards were not up -they were "being updated for the Super Bowl" -Like when the gate is up at a secure facility because no guard on duty, I guess the thought is "hey terrorists, don't hit today, our gate is up" - or in this case "hey terrorists, don't hit tonight because our bollards are being upgraded".

Where was the "plan b"?

2 heavy police presence everywhere BUT- most were congregating in groups of 10-15 at corners
All around the FQ. I asked a group "hey why aren't you all Patrolling"?. Met with blank cop stares.

3. So no bollards so "plan b" was to have TWO police vehicles "blocking" bourbon st at canal st. You got it, the terrorists drove around them -on the sidewalk - and got around them. Great planning guys. The police security plan for the FQ -on New Years Eve, the night before Sugar Bowl, a month before the SUPER BOWL - was a complete failure. Period.

And 4. I note VERY little said about the FACT this guy was an ISLAMIC terrorist. couldn't Care less he was a "vet". I Spent 35 yrs in Marine Corps, I know many like him.

Hard to trust those guys when I was overseas. VERY HARD.

I don't know why you're harping on bollards, because as you said the terrorist would have driven around upgraded bollards anyway.

There are many plain clothed cops patrolling Bourbon.

The response by LEO/NOPD could not have been quicker as they lit his ass up as soon as his vehicle was stopped by that cherry picker.

I mean, in hindsight you probably do need bollards on sidewalks to main tourist spots now since the islamists are using vehicles as battering rams now.

[zeppelincajun]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nat...-deadly-weapon

[jcstewart]

https://www.wisn.com/article/waukesh...ctims/45909528