did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year. for some , it was a downright scary christmas. there were many cities where santa stayed in the air. he was afraid of getting sleigh jacked. i think we report isolated crime events throughout the year, particularly in l.a. and new york. but the national crime picture often gets ignored. and when you look at the year it was, it takes your breath away, or at least it should. this is video of linda frickey, a seventy three year old grandmother from new orleans. who was in her car when four teens rushed it, pushing her out. frickey got caught in a safety belt and they dragged her for about a block, severing her arm from her body. she bled to death in the street. at least they captured her for tackers. but so many times these cases go unsolved. this is just one of the more than two hundred and sixty homicide in new orleans since the start of the year. my hometown of new orleans is set to become the murder capital of
. erasing our history is west point starts the new year by removing robert e. lee s uniform from the library, shipping lee s bus to storage and planning to change basically anything named after him. the focus is now turning to the us capital. the washington post just published findings from a years long investigation into congress s not so are not how much money they waste, but about congress s relationship with slavery. examining more than four hundred statues and paintings. and wouldn t you know, they found issues with many of them, particularly when it came to the founders. many of the works depict multiple enslavers, like the painting of the signing of the declaration of independence in the capitol rotunda. joining is now horace cooper project . twenty one chairman, author of put you all back in chains. horace, the wash poll has identified one hundred thirty