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I posted a story here about California EMT's supposedly caught in the chaos that New Orleans descended into. Now, a UPI story appears to confirm at least one part of the story--that local law enforcement officials were not letting people out of the City of New Orleans:

"We shut down the bridge," Arthur Lawson, chief of the City of Gretna Police Department, confirmed to United Press International, adding that his jurisdiction had been "a closed and secure location" since before the storm hit.

"All our people had evacuated and we locked the city down," he said.

The bridge in question -- the Crescent City Connection -- is the major artery heading west out of New Orleans across the Mississippi River.

Lawson said that once the storm itself had passed Monday, police from Gretna City, Jefferson Parrish and the Louisiana State Crescent City Connection Police Department closed to foot traffic the three access points to the bridge closest to the West Bank of the river.

This is utterly intolerable. Those involved should be brought up on criminal charges--Arthur Lawson at the top of the list. This is misfeasance of office at least, and quite possibly negligent homicide

Via Instapundit.