It's safe to say New Orleans has some housing problems these days, as in, people need housing and there isn't any. The city planned on demolishing 4,500 public housing units today to help that situation and, in response, opponents planned a large protest outside of City Hall. At some point the police must have gotten a little uneasy because they shut the City Hall gates. The protesters broke through and so, naturally, the police beat the living shit out of them. More, plus some video, after the jump.
Police Mace New Orleans' Remaining Black People
Police Mace New Orleans' Remaining Black…
Police Mace New Orleans' Remaining Black People
It's safe to say New Orleans has some housing problems these days, as in, people need housing and there isn't any. The city planned on demolishing 4,500 public housing units today to help that situation and, in response, opponents planned a large protest outside of City Hall. At some point the police must have gotten a little uneasy because they shut the City Hall gates. The protesters broke through and so, naturally, the police beat the living shit out of them. More, plus some video, after the jump.