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A vehicle-ramming and gunfire attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day killed 14 and injured dozens, carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who supported ISIS and was killed by police.

A 2019 security report had warned that inoperable bollards made the area vulnerable to such attacks.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell stated the city was renovating these barriers ahead of the Super Bowl, but they were incomplete.

Critics argue systemic traffic control measures are needed, as current plans failed to prevent the attack.

Authorities warn of potential copycat incidents.

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[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For real. I was there a while back, and I was surprised at how much traffic there was in the Quarter. There's very little relative cost to a delivery-only bollard system. Many other cities have the same systems up.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They apparently had one and it's been "under maintenance" for years according to something else I read. There were also steel barriers they've supposedly never once put up since they've had them.

Just total incompetence.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Languid incompetence, no less. "It probably won't happen while I'm in charge..."