New Orlean City Council Shuts Down Public Housing Debate
The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city’s four largest public housing developments will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing. Hundreds of people were turned away from the City Council meeting with pepper spray and tasers. Many were arrested.
Footage by Luisa Dantas and Michael Boedigheimer of JoLu Productions, Robbie Leppzer of Turning Tide, Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films, Broderick Webb, and Mavis Yorks.
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June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 …
@noladem504 violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethic
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504immoral. …
@noladem504immoral. their ancestors where brought to this country and acter years of fighting and struggling theay where set “Free”aftword thease people where promisd 40 acres and a mule so a little shabby apartment is an entiltement. if America is true to their words i give to the Poor every chance i get i bought laptops for high school students as well as class ring fotr the child i mentor so be four you come to a comclution about someone step out of your box.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@thadd05 have …
@thadd05 have rights?! to free everything?! thats not right you dumbass that is called entitlements, and NO they do not have a right to entitlements to my money. you say you fight for the poor.(which is a joke) the poor are poor because it benifits them, VIA ENTITLEMENTS. if you really want to fight for the poor you would donate 60% of your won money to junkies and not force me to donate mine. that is called stealing you immoral bastard.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 i …
@noladem504 i never stared thad i did not know what a 1099 was yuo bit** about they dont pay taxes theay dont have jobes yet you say you grew up with thease people yor are so brain washed that you have forgot where you come form and again the 17thwd is my home and alwayse will be I will fight to defint the poor people of New Orleans just because i have a little money dos not change the fact that thease people have rights.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@thadd05 if you …
@thadd05 if you were a small business owner you wouldve known what a 1099 was. and what the are you talking about sitting around b**ching about oppressed ppl? you are the only one who has done any b***hin about oppression. i dont think these ppl are oppressed. i grew up in the same neighborhoods as them. they are lazy ad take advantage of the welfare state. sorry kid there are just things you cannot learn in school. you should come down and meet these ppl you think you know so much about
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 its …
@noladem504 its call being small business owner and i but i chose to get a education to make a differance in da city so that i am not one sitting around bit**ing about the operssed asking for help i will be the one fighithg for their rights and showing the younger gereration how to make it in life money is not every thing
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@InRottenDenmark …
@InRottenDenmark not everyone, just these filthy excuses for human beings.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@InRottenDenmark …
@InRottenDenmark not everyone, just these filthy excuses for human beings.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@ibtnm25 hell, you …
@ibtnm25 hell, you should see some of the current council members today. one would almost think they just grabed a few of these “protesters” and appointed them to the council.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@thadd05 what kind …
@thadd05 what kind of student pays 5000 back in taxes? sounds a little fishy. and avoid the elderly? what the are you talking about? first off, the city didnt just tare down the projects, THEY REBUILT THEM NICER. second off those elderly you are talking about have been living on welfare for generations, you think the government just put them on the street? you need to wake up man because you really have no idea what you are talking about.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 lol no …
@noladem504 lol no not realy i had to pay federal and state taxes back for the last 4 years and I have lived in the 17thwd of New Orlans.and at least theay are working i know frist hand that New Orleans public education system is not that good and a lack of an education can operss people. by the way nice job avoiding the elderly. by the way how can i get my ton of money bc i paid$ 5000 back this year.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@thadd05 LOL pay …
@thadd05 LOL pay all your taxes? you mean that your job takes taxes out of your check then at the end of the year you get a ton of money from the irs for being a student? LOL try filing a 1099 every year and see what thats like. you are young and naive. these ppl dont pay taxes and most dont have decent jobs or they wouldnt even be allowed to live there. you need to come down here and get your hard knock education because you are clueless
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 lol i …
@noladem504 lol i am a collage student who pays all of his expinces out of my own bank accont no one in my family lives on the “governments dime” there is no govrenments dime it is the tax payers dime. lots of thease people work tax payers lots of thease people where elderly the elderly had been taxpayers. and just because you live in da city dose not give you the right to say thease people cant come back home.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@thadd05 they paid …
@thadd05 they paid rent its their house? LOL is that a joke? first off, if they are paying rent, THEN ITS NOT THEIR HOUSE. second of all these ppl pay NO taxes. that y they live in the projects. you must be a child who still lives at home with mommy or on the governments dime. most of all, I live in new orleans. I have to deal with this crap and i think the council made the right decision. these projects everywhere in our city are giving us a bad name and hurting our tourism
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@warrenbattistejazz …
@warrenbattistejazz theay wher treated that way to start off
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@noladem504 theay …
@noladem504 theay paid rent it was their house theay pay taxes it is their house
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
The city need to …
The city need to tear them raggedy houses down. Either way the poor in New Orleans will get a raw deal.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@marshallallensmith …
@marshallallensmith FEMA did help them. fema helped the ppl on government aid more than they did us. these ppl just think they deserve to have everything given to them.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@InRottenDenmark …
@InRottenDenmark WOAH MAN!! your making a little too much sense with all those facts and all. gonna give me a headache. lol these loosers cant handle the truth
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@dapez77 it was …
@dapez77 it was never their house first of all. second of all the houses were condemned. third of all the projects were rebuilt nicer as townhouses. this is a perfect example of the self entitlement that is brewed up under the welfare state
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
And they said …
And they said Detroit was corrupt. I’m glad I was able to survive in New Orleans.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
how would you feel …
how would you feel if the city took your house?
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Some of these …
Some of these jungle bunnies have been living in the projects for over 30 years. Enough already! When they went crazy the cops laid the wood to them. Oh Well ! They were like wild animals.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
FEMA Would have …
FEMA Would have helped but they don’t usually give to people that the goverment has been supporting for the last 30 plus years. If they would devote halve the time they spend and crying into something constructive then maybe they would get somewhere.
June 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Blame the rich!… …
Blame the rich!…not