VIDEO-- Report: White vigilante groups blockaded small town in post-Katrina New Orleans and murdered blacks

By GottaLaff

Via Think Progress:

...A.C. Thompson of The Nation revealed that after Hurricane Katrina, white vigilante groups patrolled New Orleans, blockaded streets, and shot at least eleven black men. [...] Color of Change is organizing a campaign to tell Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and state officials to investigate the shootings, as “Louisiana’s broken law enforcement agencies have refused to investigate these crimes.”

Some very disturbing, memorable quotes from the video:

"You do what you had to do... If you had to shoot somebody, you had to shoot somebody."

It was great! It was like pheasant season in South Dakota! If it moved, you shot it.”

"He understands the "N Word" now."

"In this neighborhood, we take care of our own."

And some of the most disheartening:

"It's like a race war or something."

"They got me lookin' at white people with a different perspective now... I don't look at 'em the same."

I've signed this petition:

Color of Change is also sending messages to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. Sign the petition here.

This is beyond scary. Sadly, it seems to fit right into the bigotry theme of way too many recent posts here at TPC.

The Party's Over: The visual

By GottaLaff

Via Zina Saunders:

Pretty, huh?

Kinda makes up for all of our nauseous moments over the past 21 months.