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2024-06-20 16:49:20 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CCAF88B5C2C5E31E480EBBE1BEEC008C9231E0940C3D035435A602AD3FD36043
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The previous CM is false. The OP is correct. It was widely reported that white people did, in fact shoot at Katrina survivors: “ a group of armed men who threatened, attacked and shot African Americans in the Algiers Point neighborhood. Among them was Donnell Herrington...” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/suspect-in-racially-motivated-post-katrina-shooting-unlikely-to-stand-trial/ https://www.propublica.org/article/shooting-at-algiers-point-after-four-years-accounts-shed-light https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity
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