Posted by
P.A. Moore on Friday, May 30, 2008 7:54:03 AM
May 2007- Sen. Hillary Clinton attends a fundraiser held in her honor in Jefferson Parish, which is just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana. Sheriff Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish served as a host committee member for the event.
Sheriff Lee has been widely criticized for his actions after Hurricane Katrina. When mostly African-American hurricane evacuees traveled across a bridge from New Orleans to the relative safety of Jefferson Parish, Sheriff Lee's deputies forced them to turn around and return to flood-ravaged New Orleans. The Sheriff maintained that he and his deputies had “a duty to protect our people.”
The New York Times reported: "A Clinton campaign spokeswoman declined to comment on Mrs. Clinton’s views of Sheriff Lee’s actions in 2005 or on his fund-raising support."
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