FEMA Pulls Out of Lower Ninth

COMMENTARY
Based on how things went after the storm hit New Orleans, I guess more bad behavior should have been expected.

NEWSLINE
"It's unfortunate that threats of violence would be made against anyone, as we all work together to recover from this disaster,"

NEWSBYTE
FEMA Pulls Out of Lower Ninth
Agency Calls for Troops, Reporting Threats of Violence
(Washington Post) The Federal Emergency Management Agency pulled all its workers out of New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward yesterday after threats of violence and planned to request additional police or National Guard support, a FEMA spokeswoman said. Read full story.

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TENSION: Biting the hand that helps
GRAVITY: Later...

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