• Flying Squid
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    62 months ago

    “We have information to a certain degree of the demographics of those who are in the hospital right now,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said in a news briefing Wednesday morning. “We do not know at this point how many could be tourists versus locals, but from the information I have right now, it seems the majority are locals.”

    https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html

    • Flying Squid
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      272 months ago

      Also, there’s this bullshit:

      “We do know that the city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,” Cantrell said, noting the incident is still under investigation.

      Shortly later, an FBI agent told reporters, “This is not a terrorist event.” It was not immediately clear why the mayor and the FBI had differing information.

      I can guess white why.

      • @Eatspancakes84
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        432 months ago

        How is this not terrorism, while killing a single CEO is? The term is applied entirely arbitrarily.

        • @Rapidcreek
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          32 months ago

          Note the difference in law between US and New York state.

        • @Maggoty
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          32 months ago

          Because there’s 51 legal definitions of Terrorism in the US. So effectively, yes. Just like there’s ~3,000 different policies on when and how to use force.