Viewpoint: Covid and crime are raging as New Orleanians prepare to ring in the new year
By Danae Columbus | Uptown Messenger | December 30, 2021 Year-to-date crime trends in Orleans Parish, Dec. 26, 2019-21. (Metropolitan Crime Commission chart, NOPD data) More than 6,000 new Covid-19 cases were identified in Louisiana on Wednesday (Dec. 29). A teenage boy was injured in the second of two Desire-area shootings Tuesday evening. Three lions…