Crime worries underpin celebration as Carnival season begins


              People on the street cheer as members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows ride by reveling on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              A member of the Storyville Stompers Brass Band performs on a street car with members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows, as they revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel with people on the street as they ride on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows prepare to hand out beads as they revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              People on the street cheer as members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows ride by reveling on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              Members of the Mardi Gras group The Phunny Phorty Phellows revel on a street car for their annual kick off of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
            
              The Baby Dolls make an entrance during the King's Day celebration while kicking-off the official start of 2023 Carnival Season in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
            
              New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell uses a piece of King Cake to toast with Rex 2022 James Reiss III during the King's Day celebration while kicking-off the official start of 2023 Carnival Season in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
            
              Zulu grand marshal Norman Thomas and city council member Oliver Thomas make their entrance during the King's Day celebration while kicking-off the official start of 2023 Carnival Season in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
            
              New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell makes her entrance during the King's Day celebration  while kicking-off the official start of 2023 Carnival Season in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
            
              The Baby Dolls make an entrance during the King's Day celebration while kicking-off the official start of 2023 Carnival Season in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
            
              FILE - Mardi Gras King Cakes by pastry chef Jean-Luc Albin at Maurice French Pastries are displayed on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, in Metairie, La. Carnival season officially began in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, with bakeries and restaurants hawking the seasonal delicacy -- king cakes -- and masked revelers preparing for a raucous nighttime streetcar ride. The season, which concludes on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File
Crime worries underpin celebration as Carnival season begins