I was a couple blocks from the scene in an office. There were cops on every block even before the incident so we can be sure they tried immediately to stop the

I was a couple blocks from the scene in an office. There were cops on every block even before the incident so we can be sure they tried immediately to stop the vehicle. A key point is that the main barriers at Bourbon and Canal are normally just sawhorses. The bollards on the side just served to narrow traffic. I didn’t see the extra barriers at issue tonight but apparently there were some. e: national news is reporting no steel barricades