The Nation - News from Feb. 24, 1987

Officials in a predominantly white suburb of New Orleans dropped their vow to rebuild barricades erected last week on two streets leading to a mostly black New Orleans neighborhood, as the two cities agreed to work to reduce crime in the area. Robert Evans Jr., head of the Jefferson Parish Council, said the biggest reason for his decision was a state Transportation Department letter telling him he could not legally barricade a state highway. He said the barricades were not racially motivated but were built to fight crime.