The latest in a string of local protests against the demolition of the city's "Big Four" public housing developments has resulted in the arrest of three vocal opponents.
About 30 protesters held signs and yelled "stop the demolition" over bullhorns outside the partially demolished St. Bernard Housing Development. They were demanding that officials at all levels stop the demolition in order to give Congress time to investigate charges of corruption against Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alfonso Jackson.
Around 10:30 a.m., New Orleans Police officers at the scene shouted from across Milton Street that "this is now a crime scene," meaning that anyone behind the yellow plastic tape would be arrested.
A few protesters objected to being shuffled outside the cordoned off area and were handcuffed and taken away in an NOPD van.
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