The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to continue the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city’s four largest public housing developments will be taken down and replaced with mixed-income homes. On Thursday, hundreds of people were turned away from the City Council meeting. Some of the protesters were shot with pepper spray and tasers. Inside the City Council chambers, the scene turned chaotic when police arrested fifteen people. New Orleans police also tasered protesters inside the New Orleans City Council chambers.