Law enforcement have absolutely lost their minds

interdictor liveblog from NO
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3:24 pm
Update
Sig and I went down to the street to head over to Baronne to check out some tenant housing the company owns and make sure the building is still secure. The water down Poydras has receded about one and 1/2 block as you head toward the Dome. Baronne street the water has receded to about 2 blocks down from Poydras as you head to Canal. Still very significant flooding that way and the water is absolutely nasty. The surface is a rust-covered gunk that is difficult to describe; luckily, Sig took some pictures. We saw some signs of looting and there was a car there which had been completely crushed under a wall of bricks which fell down from the 3rd floor of a now-exposed condo.

Law enforcement have absolutely lost their minds. Some guy wearing khaki fatigues and black vests which say Police on them have their faces covered in black ski masks and are touting M4-A1s with front hand grips -- like they're some kind of Delta Force operators waiting to hit the tire room. They're guarding the four corners around the Bell South building for crying out loud. And what, they need secret identities? Come on. You can just tell some of these guys have never gotten out before. Now's their big chance to play Army.

The police presence is growing and it consists of non-stop driving around the CBD. Dozens and dozens of cars just driving up one street and down the other. We're safe from civil unrest now, that much is certain.

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the masks here in America.

and the Pentagon is running the response to the disaster which is a big mistake. Control needs to be turned back over to Civilian Agencies as soon as possible.

If protesters during the Seattle WTO meetings and those in Miami during the FTAA talks can't wear masks to protect their identity from cameras, why should law enforcement?

Could it be private security? We've heard that Blackwater has been down there.

I have heard they have been called in to NOLA.

Not to mention administration officials are saying, "New Orleans has been secured."