By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-01 17:09:21 | Updated at 2025-01-06 12:21:49
4 days ago
Bourbon Street barriers were down, being replaced when driver struck dozens in mass attack
NOLA.com ^
Posted on 01/01/2025 8:12:00 AM PST by TigerClaws
A set of security barriers that were installed in 2017 to prevent terrorist attacks along Bourbon Street were being replaced when a driver barreled down the city’s most famous thoroughfare hours into the New Year on Wednesday, killing 10 and injuring dozens.
The removable stainless-steel bollards are designed to be securely locked at each crosswalk along Bourbon Street between Canal and St. Ann streets, according to Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration. The attack occurred near the intersection of Bourbon and Iberville streets.
New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the suspect drove “at a very fast pace” down Bourbon Street about 3:15 a.m., striking dozens, and then shot at first responders after crashing. Two officers were struck and are in stable condition. The suspect, too, was shot and has died. The FBI is investigating the incident as a terrorist attack.
The bollard project began in November and was scheduled to last three months. It involves removing and replacing sections of road to take out the existing bollards. A city press release on Tuesday night noted the project was ongoing, but did not provide details of work done thus far.
The old barriers never worked too well, said Bob Simms, who oversees security initiatives for the French Quarter Management District.
“They were very ineffective. The track was always full of crap; beads and doubloons and God knows what else. Not the best idea,” Simms said. “Eventually everybody realized the need to replace them. They’re in the process of doing that, but the new ones are not yet operational.”
Simms said the old barrier at the crosswalk of Canal and Bourbon streets was removed a few weeks ago. Equipment for a replacement is in place, he said.
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1 posted on 01/01/2025 8:12:00 AM PST by TigerClaws
To: TigerClaws
“They were very ineffective”. So nothing was better?
2 posted on 01/01/2025 8:16:21 AM PST by bleach (Donaldus Magnus 2024-2028 A.D.)
To: TigerClaws
According to LaToya’s “administration.”
Girls run everything now.
3 posted on 01/01/2025 8:16:26 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
To: TigerClaws
So in a dem city work is behind schedule and probably over budget.
Sounds like this was all planned in advance. Came in 2 days earlier and knew where there was a weak spot to drive through.
Planned by who?
4 posted on 01/01/2025 8:17:06 AM PST by oldasrocks
To: TigerClaws
It keeps getting more savage.
5 posted on 01/01/2025 8:17:28 AM PST by .30Carbine
To: TigerClaws
Installed foot baths at public airports for Muslim religious practices, road alterations to reduce Muslim killings of pedestrians, we make accommodations for the new religion.
6 posted on 01/01/2025 8:18:39 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: TigerClaws
Did that happen last night? Article doesn’t say?
7 posted on 01/01/2025 8:19:43 AM PST by Beowulf9 (c)
To: subterfuge
Liberal Girls run everything now.
Which is why everything is so screwed up.
8 posted on 01/01/2025 8:22:18 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
To: .30Carbine
Should have put in WWII tank traps as a temporary barrier.
Don’t these stupid politicians know the gangs and Islamonazi’s will take advantage of our stupidity?
9 posted on 01/01/2025 8:22:50 AM PST by TStro (Come and take it!)
To: TigerClaws
Hey, I’ve got a fantastic idea. Let’s replace the bollards over New Year’s eve, when the crowds are sure to be large!!
10 posted on 01/01/2025 8:23:11 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
To: TigerClaws
The old barriers never worked too well, said Bob Simms,...
They worked better than the big gap you have their now.
11 posted on 01/01/2025 8:23:28 AM PST by FreeReign
To: TigerClaws
The guy came across the border two days ago.
He was the designated martyr. There had to be advanced scouting and material support in place already.
The truck had a trailer hitch pole with An ISIS flag.
12 posted on 01/01/2025 8:24:29 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
To: TigerClaws; NautiNurse
Intriguing. First- why did the city not plan to have these ready for large New Year’s Eve gathering? Second- is there any way the perp knew, or could have known there were effectively no barriers?
13 posted on 01/01/2025 8:24:31 AM PST by SE Mom (ScreamingEagleMom)
To: TigerClaws
Here’s yet another example of a defender made to stand down “coincidentally” just before a predictable, untimely occasion.
14 posted on 01/01/2025 8:25:02 AM PST by rx
To: grobdriver
I don’t think it’s accurate to call them ‘girls’ absent confirmation. No different than ‘liberal men.’
“liberals” works fine solus. /s
15 posted on 01/01/2025 8:25:08 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: FreeReign
16 posted on 01/01/2025 8:26:16 AM PST by TStro (Come and take it!)
To: TigerClaws
In the press conference this morning Anne Kirkpatrick current Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department stated “he was able to get the truck around our barricades”.....well from what I can see so far that means the PD failed miserably.
BTW, that Police Department superintendent fid not impress me and I strongly suspect she is a DEI hire.
Also, that press conference was a real shit show.
17 posted on 01/01/2025 8:29:46 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: TStro
18 posted on 01/01/2025 8:30:13 AM PST by TStro (Come and take it!)
To: TStro
Also had a bomb in the vehicle
19 posted on 01/01/2025 8:31:15 AM PST by TStro (Come and take it!)
To: TStro
20 posted on 01/01/2025 8:31:27 AM PST by njslim
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