First identify the problem

From The Washington Post:

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 11 -- Thousands marched on City Hall here today, cradling photographs of slain relatives and waving signs demanding better policing and leadership, in a show of anger and anguish over the wave of violent crime that has beset their neighborhoods.

Even in a city long accustomed to violence, the rise that began with the repopulation after Hurricane Katrina and came to a crescendo last week when six people were killed in a 24-hour period has stunned many.

Katrina washed a great deal of filth out of the city and the city's political leadership has been moving heaven and earth to get them back. What did they think would happen? Especially since they have also moved heaven and earth to disarm the city's population of honest citizens.

I'm sorry but I just can't have any sympathy for a city that just reelected "School bus" Nagin. If the people of New Orleans desire a better and safer city it is in their power to create one but they must jettison the current political culture and the underlying political/social philosophy which built it.