Tyler, Tom (Ttyle@herrick.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:06:24 -0400
At the time the NOPD's activities made national news (after
an officer murdered a witness in a case he'd helped
investigate, I think), NOPD's pay rate was incredibly low -
some cops were earning less than $20K per year. New Orleans'
year-round population is one of the country's poorest, and
the transient tourist population comes to drink and whore.
The state's political tradition includes the Longs, Blaze
Starr, and thrice-indicted
(but never convicted) Edwin Edwards. Given this environment,
can anyone be surprised their police might be blatantly
corrupt and brutal (as opposed to their mildly corrupt and
brutal behavior in other cities)?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Buck [SMTP:petecastle@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:36 AM
> To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: All Clete All the
Time
>
> > Jerry wrote:
> >
> > > Just your typical New Orleans
policeman.
> >
> > Except that now, after stints as a cop, a mob
bag man, and a hired thug,
> > Clete's currently a bona-fide P.I. Are NOPD
cops really that bad?
>
> Mob bag man, hired thug, hit man... Yep, typical.
Although I've heard
> they're trying to clean house.
>
> Jerry Buck
>
>
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