Posted on 08/30/2005 3:00:24 PM PDT by Truthsayer20
Law enforcement efforts to contain the emergency left by Katrina slipped into chaos in parts of New Orleans Tuesday with some police officers and firefighters joining looters in picking stores clean.
At the Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, an initial effort to hand out provisions to stranded citizens quickly disintegrated into mass looting. Authorities at the scene said bedlam erupted after the giveaway was announced over the radio.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Like anywhere, police in NOLA have always had their bad eggs. Sorry these are out there, though.
Hey, at least they can float.
New Orleans is living up to my expectations.
Now to go back to laying low as not to get flamed again.
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I'm trying to imgine what it's like there. Almost everything destroyed, little or no contact with the "rest" of the country. They can't get any goods in or get people out. It's hot, wet and after sunset, it's dark. It must be almost like those old sci-fi end of the world movies. I guess man does revert to mob mentality when they think no one can see them.
I remember a Jean Claude Van Damme movie where the bad guys set up a "most dangerous game"-type operation in New Orleans because law enforcement was barely at the level of a third world hellhole. I thought it was just a movie.
"Whatever happened to the old rule about looters being shot on sight?"
Let them try to break in my property and they will find out. Quick!
Reminds you how thin the threads of civilization really are, doesn't it?
That rule breaks down when those with the guns are joining in the looting..
You've got that right!
"New Orleans is living up to my expectations."
Indeed, but it's no different in any other urban area.
In general, this is what people do, and what people are - it was entirely predictable.
If you think it's bad now, wait until they start fighting over the last few items that are left on the shelves.
This is why in an emergency/disaster situation you should be able to defend your interests.
Don't fret....thus human nature has always been, and always will be.
A series of nuke attacks or other major WMD from islam on us, and I guarantee the cops will be doing this stuff everywhere.
I hope everyone takes a look at anarchy, and is prepared for when it hits.
What are the gun laws like in NO/LA?
No. Please look up the definition of anarchy.
Another example of what happens when a culture loses its foundation, which in our case was Christianity.
Not all that different from Baghdad, right?
Isnt the mayor of NO a dem? And, I guess....this will be Bush's fault, right?
In the 1960s it was determined according to the MSM, et al. that the people had already paid for the stuff due to the high prices charged by the neighborhood merchants.
The residents are merely picking up their merchandise.
Just thought you'd all like to know.
Liberalism is a mental illness -- and it's a looooooooong-term, perhaps incurable sickness.
What the hell use is a TV when you're in a city that has no power, will have none for a month or more, and flood waters are rising. Then again, the fact that they are still in the city would suggest that they are not the brightest bunch in the first place. Of course the bigger idiot is the person that decided this was a good idea - and worse yet, announcing on the radio that people could come to the Wal-Mart to get their "provisions".
This has got to be a first.
ping
Maybe you could look it up and enlighten us? Be a sport.
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