Millitary Police, Poverty Tours, and City Take-overs

Mar 08, 2007 15:50

Last night Terry Burton, a 71 year old resident of the Lower Ninth Ward and Common Grounds volunteer, was shot and killed by the military police. The details are not clear, but the basic story is that he was confronted by the MPs, the local cops got involved, Terry became belligerent and threw a bottle at a cop, and the MPs shot him half a dozen ( Read more... )

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anonymous March 9 2007, 05:59:49 UTC
people are really touring the area?....that is so sad!
~Lauren

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