Flames are just getting hotter
Sadly I learned that a young woman had her throat slit at a neighborhood bar that has been attracting an out of town violent element since the storm. I quit going to Pal’s Lounge because the crowd although still mostly local was increasingly becoming more dicey and the last straw was when the two guys walked in and stole the bartender’s dog. Now it appears a retired cop from up north who had come to New Orleans to do carpentry had been showing up there the past two weeks. Last night, he stabbed a man in the back and then slit the throat of this young woman – an attractive, black, professional (engineer).
The reactions have been polarizing – there are those who believe that Pal’s Lounge has been a good neighbor – good in what sense I ask? The young attractive female bartenders are provided no security and unlike most neighborhood bars in the city, there is no buzzer to keep out potential psychos – although, despite this guy having a bad vibe, he probably would have been let in, just like the dog nappers.
No, I think sometimes a place becomes an epicenter – a magnet for violence – and I think this place has become that.
One woman dead, one wounded. Then I hear about Peru – where my reporter has just left to move to Brazil – hundreds dead in Peru.
Why did it seem like it was going to be a good day?