Two PolitiDose commentaries dated 1/3/24 and 2/25/24 predicted that in time, republicans would try to take credit for the downward trend of murder and crime in the New Orleans area. The commentary included the good news of murders in New Orleans being down 27% in 2023 compared to 2022 and other information.
Now comes a Times Picayune editorial dated 10/20 titled, "Credit for drop in crime should be spread around." The editorial then takes the step and gives credit FIRST to Gov. Jeff Landry's State Police's Troop Nola he appointed to work with the Mayor's office. Never mind the fact that rime had started it's downward trend a year before Landry became Governor and before he authorized the State Police Troop Nola to work with New Orleans.
The editorial never mentioned how the N.O. Police Department was working with the federal government's ATF department that took hundreds of firearms from those convicted felons who had never turned over their weapons. Any time you take hundreds of firearms off the streets, there will be less crime. The editorial never mentioned how the Department was working with the FBI to round up the criminal elements in New Orleans. All of that took place long before Landry ever became Governor.
The editorial was correct in saying the credit should be spread around and is broad based, but why start off with Troop Nola? They were a very late addition, like over a year after crime started it's downward trend in all of 2023. Why not mention the ATF and the FBI performance with the N.O. Police Department if you are going to name names? The daily contents of the Times Picayune tells this writer the editorial staff and the owner are supporters of the GOP. This writer does not have a problem with that but the GOP and many of it's supporters have a history of trying to take credit when good things take place on the democratic watch. Surely, people in Louisiana remember how some of Louisiana's representatives in the U.S. Congress tried to take credit for the President's infrastructure legislation even though they voted against it.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
