Sugar Bowl should have been postponed until Friday: Louisiana attorney general
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) said she believes the Sugar Bowl should have been postponed until Friday as New Orleans grapples with the aftermath of the New Year's Day terror attack.
Murrill, speaking Wednesday evening to NBC’s Lester Holt, was asked about the College Football Playoff game between the University of Georgia and University of Notre Dame, which was scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed until 4 p.m. EST Thursday after a man identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day, killing at least 15 people and injuring many more.
Officials have not yet released the names of the victims, but families and friends have begun sharing information about them online.
“You know, [it’s] not my decision, but I would like to see it delayed at least another day,” she said. “If they asked my opinion, I would tell them that I think it was a wise decision to delay it at least a day.”
Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley announced in a press conference Wednesday that the college football game between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed 24 hours — but eventually a Thursday afternoon start time was decided upon, about 19 hours after the original scheduled kickoff.
The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans — also set to host the Super Bowl next month — went on lockdown Wednesday and authorities conducted a security sweep. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Thursday that security for the college football quarterfinal will be at the same level as the upcoming NFL championship.
Still, Murrill thinks it’s too soon.
“This is an active crime scene, and they just finished removing some of the bodies and they still haven’t removed all of them,” she said in the interview from Bourbon Street.
“I still think that we probably need to wait an extra day,” Murrill continued, noting there is no further threat to the community.
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