Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan fueled a
rumor that explosives, not Hurricane Katrina, broke New Orleans’ dikes
and flooded poor African American neighborhoods.
“A member of the Army Corps of Engineers saw burn marks on the
concrete,” Farrakhan told reporters, describing an e-mail he had
received.
“They found two types of
explosives used by the military,” he said, without naming the source,
adding that an eight-meter (25-foot) crater had been blown in the dike.
Farrakhan said locals had reported
sounds of explosions, among other things, leading him to believe the
rumors should be investigated.
“Wickedness exists in high places,” he said. “The duty of the
government is to prove the rumor to be false or that these suspicions
are true.“
Hmm, the duty of governmnet is to prove
accusations are false, I must have missed that somewhere in my
constitutional studies. Guilty until proven innocent!
Ok, then I’m still waiting for my Roswell proof that it didn’t happen.