The City of Gretna, Louisiana received considerable press coverage when, in the aftermath
of Hurricane
Katrina (late August 2005), people who attempted to escape from New Orleans
by walking over the Crescent City Connection bridge over
the Mississippi River were turned back at gunpoint by City of Gretna Police,
along with Crescent City Connection Police and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's
deputies, who set up a roadblock
on the bridge in the days following the hurricane.
According to eyewitnesses,
some of these officers threatened to shoot New Orleans residents and tourists as
they attempted to cross into Gretna on foot.
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According to eyewitnesses, some of these officers threatened to shoot New Orleans residents and tourists as they attempted to cross into Gretna on foot.
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