Allow me a chance to rebute...

[kellcrow7]

Thee article:
Judge Dismisses Part Of Suit Over Post-hurricane Bridge Blockade

NEW ORLEANS - Jefferson Parish authorities did not violate the constitutional right to travel of people who were not allowed to cross the Mississippi River Bridge as they tried to escape New Orleans in the days following Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge ruled in a

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[jdquintette]

It begs the question,"if refusing to allow passage on a public thoroughfare during a dire emergency by pointing a firearm at you isn't some kind,/i> of violation of one's basic civil rights, what is?"

My guess is if they'd actually shot someone, a rebuke of some kind might have been issued.

Or maybe not.

[kellcrow7]

Well, I suppose certain arguments could be made about it having been Martial Law and all... I really was neither surprised nor offended to have had rifles pointed at me for two days after the storm, by police in town. I mean, until I spoke, they didn't know who I was or what I was doing. But to have them disallow us passage... When we were trying to leave town... I mean that was just ridiculous. What's the message there? We suspect that you may be some of the people who have wreaked havoc in the city for three days; so we are going to forcibly keep you in town, where there is a total breakdown of any law enforcement capability. So you can potentially exacerbate the problem. And they can threaten to shoot you too.
Sheesh.

[sophiaserpentia]

AAARRGH x 1010001000

[kellcrow7]

Times infinity.

[haveyaseenlucky]

I hadn't heard about this story, thanks.