I'm just sayin Peep this out!The LORD and I been working with Jusice and truth how come they arrested the rapper Game again and not I!They committed the crime and by not making an arrest they gave an open confession to their guilt and more of committing the crimes!

I'm just saying practice what you preach how in the world can Macon Ga. (Except Me _My family-My Extended Family-Olgethrope Community) teach anybody about Civil Right's and Human'Rights and they support committing those types of crimes against innocent children and people!Regardless of races Civil Right's apply to everybody of all races!

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In a conversation with BET.com, Ray Nagin discusses his hardships and regrets as a Black mayor in pre- and post-Katrina.

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Six years ago today, one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States, Hurricane Katrina, took the lives of over 1800 hundred people and cost affected communities around $75 million in damages.

To many, the hurricane and the destruction, found to primarily be the result of New Orleans’ levee system design flaws, seems as if it were yesterday. Unlike many disasters in the United States, however, help did not immediately come. In fact, federal assistance did not arrive until seven days after the storm, not the expected two to three days. And, when it did arrive, to their surprise, some residents were treated as criminals in their own backyards.

“People tried to march out of the convention center to find water, food and better shelter and they were turned around with attack dogs and machine guns,” says Ray Nagin, New Orleans’ ex-mayor of eight years and leader before, during and after the storm, to BET.com.

Nagin’s recently released tell-all book, Katrina’s Secrets: Storms After the Storm, gives readers what he calls a fresh perspective of what “really” took place after Katrina. Calling the events surrounding the storm six years ago an incredible story of devastation, perseverance and inspiration, the ex-mayor feels that he and his efforts were improperly portrayed and he wants to set the record straight that he was used as a scapegoat in many situations.

“I think that for a disaster like this that was so high profile that it damaged [the reputation] of a Republican president and a democratic governor, who decided not to run for re-election because she was taking so much heat. I was basically the last person standing that was one of the key leaders,“ he says.

He blames his outspokenness as one of the reasons he was put on the firing line. Many however would not deny that. In an interview with a local radio station four days after the storm, in reference to Bush promising to send federal help, Nagin told the station, “Don't tell me 40,000 people are coming here. They're not here. It's too doggone late. Now get off you’re a***s and do something, and let's fix the biggest g*dd**n crisis in the history of this country.”

Not surprisingly, that was not the end of Nagin’s rants. In a town hall meeting that October, the then-mayor said, "We as Black people, it's time, it's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans…I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day."

Though he faced much criticism and later apologized for the speech later nicknamed “The Chocolate City Speech,” Nagin expresses that his most difficult decisions as a Black mayor in post-Katrina was to go against the power structure in the city.

“There were open discussions about changing the social fabric of the city and very bold discussions about gentrification. I had to make a very tough decision to say that everybody had a right to return to the city of New Orleans and there was a heavy price I paid for that,” he says. I made the chocolate city speech in response to messages out there that African-Americans weren’t welcome back to the city. I wanted to bust through the clutter and not be anti-anyone, but make sure that that the [working and middle class] segment of the population knew that they were indeed welcome because we needed them to rebuild the city.”

Since his exit in office last May, Nagin has been focusing on promoting his new book which is one of a two-part series. He has secured speaking engagements across the world in countries including the Czech Republic and Costa Rica, but despite all the attention, he says that not a day goes by where he does not think about Hurricane Katrina and the regrets he has as the leader during the city’s most devastating moment. 

His biggest regret? Not calling for a mandatory evacuation sooner. In the almost 300-year history of New Orleans, a mandatory evacuation which would have forced everyone to leave the city had never been called. Normally it would have taken about 72 hours for the region to clear out, but Nagin called for the exit only about 24 hours before the storm hit. He blames the delay on his desire to have the legal department finish their work when instead he says that he should have made them “catch up later.”

“When I called the mandatory we got about 95 to 96 percent of the people out of harms way, but it still wasn’t good enough,” he says with disapproval.

He also wishes that he would have appointed a general honorary, or point person, to take charge of state affairs and he wishes that he would have pushed harder to get more resources to deal with the alarming amount of people who suffered from post-traumatic stress after the storm.

Now that it is all said and done, however, Nagin says that he simply wants people to understand the complexities of how massive the work that he and his team in New Orleans worked on and completed. Calling the future of the city nicknamed “NOLA” bright, he highlights the record low unemployment and ever increasing tourist industry that the city now has.

Though he is no longer in office, in the end, the outspoken leader still has a message for anyone willing to learn from the mistakes of Katrina.

 “I want them to understand a lot better about how politics, race, and class played a negative role in this disaster and hopefully we can learn from it and it won’t ever happen again in American cities and in any other city around the world.”

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Isaiah1000Part 3! I promote Non Violenvce and Self Defense!They're still party to the crime and my family-my extended family-Olgethrope Community-Tammy Calhoun and mines still have Victim immunity)Macon Ga.Mayor such as Jim Marshall,Jack Ellis ,Robert Reicehrt ,and more don't have absolute immunity butm me and mines do!The thing about O.C.G.17-3-2 the statute of limitation ids tolled when the person committing the crime is unkown its numerous of way's the LORD and I tolled the Statuet fo limitation to PROSECUTE AND MORE TO THEM!Antwain Fair and Antwon Jolly can apply the top to their case!Macon Georgia Black Community can't talk about Rosci of 106 and Parks Nation BET Mrs.Debra Lee C.E.O. of BET, or me and mines looking at the coward card they pulling races which Dr.King and I crushed with the help of the LORD together and with help!Lil'Ford .ak.a.lil' Pumkin ain't the snitch!
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Isaiah1000Part 2! I promote Non Violence and Self Defense!The Department of Labor in Macon Georgia are also involved the whispering retaliating plot which started when I was wroking at Wendy's on Zebulon Rd. in 2006-2007 for got about the Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Act Wiretap order approved by the judge the law enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency passes the information out to their family and friend's (Tisha and Lamanda,Tanisha and Tearsa Singleton, Adam Preston FBI cousin Cythina ,and more at Wendy's {xcept Ms.Miriam Jones }and Central High School due to the fact two of the Class of 1999 Central High School are employed by Bibb County Magistrate Court warrant Division who if they lie either way can't say I didn't ever come to get a warrant with probable .
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Isaiah1000Part 1 ! I promote Non Violence and Self Defense!Right to kill if arreste fears felony by officer.- If ,during an unlawful arrest, the officer committs ,or reasonably appears about to commit a felony upon the arrestee ,such as an assulat with intent to kill ,using a weapon likely to produce death ,or if the officer's violent behavior is enough to frighten a reasonable man into expecting a felony and causes the detainee to sct from fear rather than for revenge ,the detainee may protect onesself without being guilty of a crime ,even if the person salys the officer.Mullis v.State ,196 Ga. 529 ,27 S,E.2d 91 (1943)!Macon georgia Citizens and Informant;s working with the Law Enforcement actting like they know me and mines when they fugitives from justice the wiretap order approved by the comes with requirements such as uphold oath of office ,investigate not retaliate against victims and witness!
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Macon Ga. can't arrest-sentence and convict due to the fact they did committ the crime which is why I walk around just to laugh at them and their wives,children, husband's and more because they are confused don't nobody get away wit breaking the law.they found the rapper Game to arrest him over twitter account!
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Isaiah1000Macon georgia Black Community are straight hypocrites to the Civil rights' and Human Right's Movement of the 1960's and 1970's .The fact remain's looking at fact's :1.unknown black female social worker left a five year old to six year old with an unknown white male that sexually abused him.2.unknown black female social worker makes a false accusation on which a mental woman was aggravated assulted and called a "N" word and more.3. unknown mixed SWAT team after being called by a 16 year old who stayed ont he phone unitl they arrived was aggravated assulted -denied medical treatment-kidnapped-and more with his mentally birthmother the child age at the time 16 years old three years after he witnesses and was victim to the 1996 incident.4.Bibb County Black Sheriff's and mixed made a false report-kidnapped-and more to a 17 year old whom they didn't even legally prosecute as adult and its documeted more Newly Discovered Evidnece for my late grandfather Alex Harris 1965 First Degree Murder Case /Olgethrope Community Cold Case while the NAACP and Black Organization's helpped!Hypocrites to the Civil rights' and Human Right's Movement!Dr.King is tossing and turning in his grave!
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Isaiah1000I mean it's like me regretting the fact that Macon Ga./City-State /Georgia-National President(Except Me and Commander in Cheif Barack Obama) here violated Oath of Office and committed Cpaital Offenses Punishable by death with its Citizens adn Informant's for year's and more !The fact I blew the whistle on their criminal activity and especially its Police and Sheriff department violating me and other's Civil Right's -Human's Right's-Constitutional Right's-Political Right's-Child Victim and Child Witneses Right's-Vicim and Witnesses Right's,Conspirator's to Sexual Abuse of a minor a ward of the court under age the 12 ,Kidnapping of Alex Delance Antwain Harris from 1999 mto 2011 now the Bib County Superior Court Judge and Prosecuting attorney along with the Superior Probation Officer in 2005 gave me and moines wmore than enough Newly Discovered Evidence for my late grandfather Alex Harris Jr. 1965 First Degree Murder involving the Macon Georgia Law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,judge',s Transco Plant railroad,citizens and informant's, governmental agency, legislature branch,judicial branch, executive branch(except Me and Barack Obama) ,mayor,governor,and more!It's documented!
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Isaiah1000The mayor has to look at the Governor and the President of the United States of America action's as well as responding the Hurricane which back in 2006 because I was living on Log Cabin Dr. at the time of the incident!Macon Ga.law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,judge's, and more been retaliating before that but National WhistleBlower Christain Sanchez gave me some already example of Retaliating Against Victims and Witnesses crimes'!I'm still free after my Twitter account comment:MaconGa.judge's,law enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,and more still kidnapping and more they found The Game in L.A.!I'm still free !The lives that were lost during Katrina and the thing's which occurred there's no word's or word's to sum up that incident!We as have too keep God first accept the thing's we can't change and change to change the thing's we can and the wisdom to know the difference!
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Isaiah1000The mayor has to look at the Governor and the President of the United States of America action's as well as responding the Hurricane which back in 2006 because I was living on Log Cabin Dr. at the time of the incident!Macon Ga.law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,judge's, and more been retaliating before that but National WhistleBlower Christain Sanchez gave me some already example of Retaliating Against Victims and Witnesses crimes'!I'm still free after my Twitter account comment:MaconGa.judge's,law enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,and more still kidnapping and more they found The Game in L.A.!I'm still free !The lives that were lost during Katrina and the thing's which occurred there's no word's or word's to sum up that incident!We as have too keep God first accept the thing's we can't change and change to change the thing's we can and the wisdom to know the difference!
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Isaiah1000I mean it's like me regretting the fact that Macon Ga./City-State /Georgia-National President(Except Me and Commander in Cheif Barack Obama) here violated Oath of Office and committed Cpaital Offenses Punishable by death with its Citizens adn Informant's for year's and more !The fact I blew the whistle on their criminal activity and especially its Police and Sheriff department violating me and other's Civil Right's -Human's Right's-Constitutional Right's-Political Right's-Child Victim and Child Witneses Right's-Vicim and Witnesses Right's,Conspirator's to Sexual Abuse of a minor a ward of the court under age the 12 ,Kidnapping of Alex Delance Antwain Harris from 1999 mto 2011 now the Bib County Superior Court Judge and Prosecuting attorney along with the Superior Probation Officer in 2005 gave me and moines wmore than enough Newly Discovered Evidence for my late grandfather Alex Harris Jr. 1965 First Degree Murder involving the Macon Georgia Law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,judge',s Transco Plant railroad,citizens and informant's, governmental agency, legislature branch,judicial branch, executive branch(except Me and Barack Obama) ,mayor,governor,and more!It's documented!
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Isaiah1000I mean it's like me regretting the fact that Macon Ga./City-State /Georgia-National President(Except Me and Commander in Cheif Barack Obama) here violated Oath of Office and committed Cpaital Offenses Punishable by death with its Citizens adn Informant's for year's and more !The fact I blew the whistle on their criminal activity and especially its Police and Sheriff department violating me and other's Civil Right's -Human's Right's-Constitutional Right's-Political Right's-Child Victim and Child Witneses Right's-Vicim and Witnesses Right's,Conspirator's to Sexual Abuse of a minor a ward of the court under age the 12 ,Kidnapping of Alex Delance Antwain Harris from 1999 mto 2011 now the Bib County Superior Court Judge and Prosecuting attorney along with the Superior Probation Officer in 2005 gave me and moines wmore than enough Newly Discovered Evidence for my late grandfather Alex Harris Jr. 1965 First Degree Murder involving the Macon Georgia Law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,judge',s Transco Plant railroad,citizens and informant's, governmental agency, legislature branch,judicial branch, executive branch(except Me and Barack Obama) ,mayor,governor,and more!It's documented!
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Isaiah1000The mayor has to look at the Governor and the President of the United States of America action's as well as responding the Hurricane which back in 2006 because I was living on Log Cabin Dr. at the time of the incident!Macon Ga.law Enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,judge's, and more been retaliating before that but National WhistleBlower Christain Sanchez gave me some already example of Retaliating Against Victims and Witnesses crimes'!I'm still free after my Twitter account comment:MaconGa.judge's,law enforcement,prosecuting attorney,governmental agency,and more still kidnapping and more they found The Game in L.A.!I'm still free !The lives that were lost during Katrina and the thing's which occurred there's no word's or word's to sum up that incident!We as have too keep God first accept the thing's we can't change and change to change the thing's we can and the wisdom to know the difference!
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