“If you use drugs, buy drugs, you are going to die in this city”
Friday, November 16th, 2007‘This city is safe,’ deputy chief tells visitors
Crime not as bad as it’s portrayed, he says
The Times-Picayune
Friday, November 16, 2007
By Brendan McCarthy
Staff writer
Standing in front of dozens of civic leaders from towns both big and small, New Orleans Deputy Police Chief John Bryson cut to the core of his presentation on crime Thursday.
“If you use drugs, buy drugs, you are going to die in this city,” he said to a wide-eyed group of middle-age men and women.
“You are going to get your butts shot off,” he added with dramatic pause. “But otherwise, you have nothing to worry about.”
Bryson shared his crime-fighting insight Thursday with about 60 attendees of the National League of Cities conference, which runs through Saturday at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. …
