Still, ordinary residents reacted with little surprise this week to the notion that people with connections were favored for city jobs.
Local politicians, members of the legal establishment, scholars and ordinary residents have denounced the trial, now in its second week.
The dealers pose no danger to ordinary residents unless they believe someone is telling the police of their activities, the residents said.
But this is no ordinary new resident.
But now ordinary residents can have the experience, no bungee cords required.
As ordinary residents of New Orleans continue to suffer, the rest of the nation has casually turned away.
He will train the county's law enforcement officers to deal with terrorists, and he hopes to do some training of ordinary residents, too.
It was the realization that these feline people were not ordinary residents; they were prey.
Policemen sealed the main routes to the city center as scores of ordinary residents and schoolchildren joined the student protesters.
Relatives followed, and behind them stretched a long line of officials, officers and ordinary residents.