He urged the city to allow the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) to use the legal and effective stop-and-frisk practice to prevent crime in the community.

Source: https://press-herald.com/kennedy-stop-and-frisk-is-constitutional-let-new-orleans-use-it-to-prevent-crime/

One of the victims is in critical condition, according to NOPD Chief Deputy Hans Ganthier but he did not specify which victim.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/nopd-5-shot-including-young-girl-during-mardi-gras-parade/article_2cf3073f-bd39-530d-9760-18381fc9cc16.html

Those advertisements were produced in part by John Linder, the policing consultant hired by the city to revamp the NOPD and stanch the bloodletting of an ongoing violent crime crisis, Boh said.

Source: https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/02/17/new-orleans-pd-recruitment-ad-yanked-from-social-media-after-one-hour-n531389