Whoopsie: 10 Inmates Escape New Orleans Jail

The weekend got off to a wild start at a New Orleans jail after 10 men escaped on Friday with apparent ease. And guess what? The sheriff in charge of running said jail is a big giant lib. So there’s that.

 AP reports:

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching Saturday for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall.

A law enforcement photograph obtained by The Associated Press shows the opening through which the men escaped. Above the hole are scrawled messages that include “To Easy LoL” with an arrow pointing at the gap.

Friday’s escape is drawing intense scrutiny and opprobrium. It took hours for sheriff’s officials to learn of the escape and then more time still to alert New Orleans police, even though some of the missing inmates are accused of violent offenses and they escaped into a neighborhood less than 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city’s famous French Quarter.

Sounds like that jailbreak was “To Easy,” indeed.

The sheriff in charge of running the jail is Susan Hutson, and her law enforcement background is pretty sparse. And when I say sparse, I mean the woman has never worked as an actual officer.

The Daily Wire reports:

Hutson had never served as a law enforcement officer, but rather worked as an “independent police monitor” who criticized police, New Orleans Public Radio said. The outlet stated she would “reform the criminal justice system with a left-wing ideology.” The primary role of the sheriff in Orleans Parish is to run the jail.

The article continues:

“Hutson said if elected, she would also support promoting women to deputies to diversify the workplace, helping to buck the national trend of the white male sheriff,” the outlet added.

I wonder if misplacing a handful violent inmates was also part of her plan to “buck the national trend?”

Let’s hope law enforcement can round these men up quickly before anyone gets hurt. I’m hopeful they’ll leave behind some more misspelled graffiti as evidence or something that will aid the investigation. We can hope, right? #NoRagrets