Mayor Ray Nagin and his Police Superintendent Warren Riley must be forced to speak on their motives for what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
If you’re like me, you got this email yesterday
A United States District Judge in New Orleans has granted a motion to hold Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley in contempt for failure to provide initial disclosures and answers to discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation.
Judge Carl J. Barbier issued a blistering rebuke to New Orleans’ defense counsel for conduct that is “wholly unprofessional†and warned that it “shall not be condoned.†Judge Barbier ordered defense counsel to reimburse SAF’s attorney $1,365. SAF is joined in the lawsuit by the National Rifle Association.
In his ruling, Judge Barbier noted, “Defense counsel has caused time and money to be wasted by Plaintiffs’ counsel and further admits that he has ‘no good reason’ to explain his behavior.â€
“Throughout the past 17 months,†said SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb, “our attorneys have acted professionally and they have been stonewalled or ignored by the city and especially its defense attorney. This seems to be the only thing that gets their attention, and it appears that Judge Barbier’s patience has grown as thin as our own.â€
“We gave New Orleans every opportunity to act like adults and deal with this lawsuit in a professional manner,†Gottlieb said, “and they’ve acted as if this case didn’t exist. Judge Barbier’s ruling is a wake-up call.
I said “after” Hurricane Katrina, because nothing Nagin could say couldjustify his ineptitude before Katrina.
And besides, the media has everyone convinced it is a “national problem”.
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Michel Malkin linked this email yesterday and also noted that her and the HotAir crew would be screening a new documentary film coming out called “In Search of the Second Amendment”.
Click the links and read the site and watch the trailer.
This is a real documentary, so you won’t be seeing it at the Oscars next year.