choice of words
In reference to the 7 homicides since last Friday in this city (see this TImes-Pic article):
New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley said the shootings did not appear connected, yet each appeared “clearly retaliatory.”
“Every victim was shot in the head from point-blank range,” he said. “It shows that these people know each other. It means the shooter was either an acquaintance or a friend.”
I don’t know if he meant to use the word friend when referring to the relationship between someone who shoots another in the head. I don’t really want to pick on the guy because he has a tough job. But sometimes he makes it so easy.
This is my favorite:
“When police went to Turner’s home, they found him on a bed with a 9-millimeter handgun and a .45 caliber handgun covered in blood, the same kind of weapon used in the Gonzales shooting, Nixon said.”
from this story also in this morning’s TP.
Seems prosecutors couldn’t find the time to actually attend the motion hearing so it was judged that the District Attorney’s Office “hasn’t produced sufficient evidence against a defendant in a 2004 murder case”. He hasn’t been released from jail yet, but it won’t be long.
I guess they were busy trying to save their boss’ ass.
It just makes me sad.
Sounds like the Volcano Brigades preferred method of killing in Iraq. Complements of Negroponte.