In New Orleans, opposition continues to intensify over plans to demolish more than 4,600 public housing units. On Thursday, protesters gathered at a city council meeting to demand the city to intervene to stop the demolition. The city council president stopped the meeting after protesters began chanting and shouting. Police then arrested civil rights attorney Bill Quigley, who has been leading the legal fight against the demolitions. A sheriff’s deputy grabbed Quigley and shoved him up against the wall. He was handcuffed and charged with disturbing the peace. The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved the public housing demolitions even though New Orleans faces an acute housing shortage following Hurricane Katrina. But many officials have supported the demolitions. Shortly after Katrina devastated the city, Republican Congressman Richard Baker was overheard telling lobbyists, “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.” The demolitions could begin as soon as December 15.