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A 2009 Dave Eggers book about this event describes the unjust arrest of the Syrian immigrant Abdulrahman Zeitoun (“zay-toon”). Shortly after this event, Ronald Madison and James Brissette were shot by police officers at Danziger Bridge. (-5[1])After this event, the directive to “lock ‘em up” followed LaToya Cantrell’s controversial statement that “there is no widespread looting.” (10[1])Kathleen Blanco attempted to implement (10[1])zero-tolerance policies (10[1])in the wake of this event, whose mishandling led to the resignation (-5[1])of Michael Brown. (10[2]-5[2])In response to this event, (10[1])Kanye West stated that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” For 10 points, name this deadly natural disaster that devastated (10[1])New Orleans in (10[1])2005. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Hurricane Katrina
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%44%80.11

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arjun BothraHaverfordColumbia A34-5
Andrew MinagarYale BRutgers A5410
Jack RadoColumbia BRowan A5910
William HelmanBard ANYU A6110
Bri AndersonYale CYale A73-5
Austin GuoPrinceton AColumbia C7610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ACornell C7610
Ricky ChenPrinceton BRutgers B76-5
Sam MacchiVassarPenn B76-5
Karsten RynearsonYale AYale C8110
Chenyao LiuPenn BVassar10210
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPrinceton B10510
William GrogerColumbia AHaverford10710