The Police Chief And The City Council Have A Productively Unproductive Meeting About Crime After their embarrassing back and forth that went locally viral, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson and…
Author: Kenneth Cooper
Fighting Crime Is A Tough Job, And Apparently Nobody Wants To Do It.
Care might’ve forgotten about New Orleans, but crime sure has not. The city achieved a recent high for murders last year. The number was 218. That was the most murders…
A Look At The Saints’ Playoff Chances
For the rest of the country it was probably a snooze fest. Here though, it was high drama football. In the end, the Saints saved their season by beating the…
The Sad Case of Judge Michelle Odinet
I’m relieved that arespectable judge like Lafayette’s Michelle Odinet only thinks of black people as n*ggers and roaches when she’s high on sedatives. Otherwise, we’d have a problem. To know…
There’s A New Council In New Orleans
A Focus on Districts C & D Once again most of the voting public stayed home, hit the club, went out to dinner, or did who knows what while their political leaders…
Modern Day Redlining in New Orleans
Packing Local Boards, Whites Kill Black Access to Housing Besides barely voting in local elections, black people also tend not to participate in their neighborhood association boards. That was the…
Kyle Rittenhouse Got The Justice He Deserved
We’d call him Rittenhouse if he’d lost, but since he won, lets just call him Kyle. As far as we know, Kyle was just a good kid who happened to…
Money Talks In Key City Council Races
Our Look at the District C & D Runoff Races Well, the votes are in. The mayor’s race is settled as expected, but the City Council still has 4 seats…
Understanding Amendments Three & Four
Do You Know What’s On Your Ballot? No, this is not a kitchen table, but we’re still going to talk about money. Well not directly. We’re actually going to…
The Saints, By The Numbers
The NFL is about a 1/4 of the way through the season. The Saints have battled through displacement, injuries, inconsistency, and an adjustment period. Here’s a statistically based assessment of…