New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's second term is already fraught with rampant crime following a trend of mayors in blue cities across the United States.
Meanwhile, New Orleans is on-track to be"murder capital of the US," FOX8 Local First reported that same day.
Homicides were up 155% during the week of June 21 from the same time in 2019, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission’s weekly bulletin, which cited the City of New Orleans Calls for Service. As rising crime plagues New Orleans, an apparent bathroom incident involving Cantrell at rapper Rob49’s June 18 concert at the Fillmore has dogged the mayor recently. Footage from @ceedagreatt's Instagram story appeared to show an altercation involving the mayor and at least two other unnamed women in front of a bathroom stall.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, New Orleans-native rapper Rob49 added that when he presented an award to Cantrell onstage, which his mother had commissioned especially for his concert, he didn't know about the alleged bathroom altercation.
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