Whose idea was it to lock refugees in the NO convention center & block the highway

[Wesley Clark]

http://the-1n-only-leoni.dailykos.co.../3/25746/97675

I am seeing that the convention center was locked and checkpoints were created to keep people in New orleans. Whose idea was this and why was it enforced.

[Muffin]

Blog by union organizers Larry Bradshaw Lorrie Beth Slonsky, who were trapped in NO: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sfsocialists/3687.html

[Green Cymbeline]

Originally Posted by Muffin

Blog by union organizers Larry Bradshaw Lorrie Beth Slonsky, who were trapped in NO: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sfsocialists/3687.html

Muffin, that story was amazing and appalling. How did you find it? I am surprised there hasn't been more discussion about it here on the boards.

[Muffin]

Originally Posted by nyctea scandiaca

Muffin, that story was amazing and appalling. How did you find it? I am surprised there hasn't been more discussion about it here on the boards.

Another doper posted the link, or a link to the same story on another site -- can't recall which.