Posted on 08/31/2005 12:20:28 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
Having said the above my disgust can hardly be contained. I have watched what has occurred in the NO area and I find no words for such actions.
Folks stealing. For what reason? They cannot use it and if they think they can well guess what .... not a chance. I would love to see a company use facial recognition and compile the faces of those brazen on film and steal from drug stores, clothes stores, liquor stores the list is endless. They need to be held accountable. But there was no plan to handle crime. No way to house those that break the law and they know it. Dave said he had heard some of the looters are banning together with snipers helping them take the stuff and defend themselves against WHO the cops.
Are these the fellow American's I have defended. To loot their fellow neighbors. I have no use for such folks.
I understand the need for food. I understand the need for clothing. I understand that many have nothing, but, these looters, these thieves, these ingrates are taking as if entitled and I am sickened by it. Not one says, I need this but I sorry for taking the items. I use to recall in storms past folks giving an IOU and letting the merchant know of their taking of items but now and the more I see the angrier I become.
Sorry if this seems unkind, uncompassionate to my fellow neighbors but so many worked so hard for what they have and I am sure would give their items freely if needed but from what I have seen they care little of where they get the stuff only that they get it and take it and do so in front of the cameras and in front of law enforcement.
Lock and load!
....nor should rounds in police weapons be contained!
Doesn't seem unkind to me, but then, my mother mated with a scorpion. You have to admit though, looting makes GREAT television.
Dealing with looters is not a police matter at this point.
Only National Guard Units with fixed bayonets and shoot to kill orders are adequate for this kind of emergency.
My cousins in Ocean Springs came home last night and their house was still up but suffered major structural damage. He said the other 8 houses on their street were gone. These were brick houses. He said the surge came 7 feet up into his first floor. All the left over furniture from the remants of the neighborhood is in his yard.
He said when they ran they took all their weapons and such with them and brought them back to stand guard.
Broad public announcements need to be made that anyone caught looting will be shot on the spot. Questions later.
The looters are low lifes.
Water and food I can understand. Not condone, but at least understand. What I can't understand is looting televisions, radios, jewelery, etc.
looters need to be shot on sight.
Seeing a few looters become Dead Right There would make even BETTER television, IMHO.
It is time to dust off "War Plan White".
As I stated on a similar thread, if the order was given to shoot looters on sight there wouldn't be more than two killed.
Shoot to kill! I saw a group of black kids with maybe a mom stealing armloads of t-shirts & clothes-one of the kids was wearing baggy jean shorts and he was holding them up runnig with his arm full of clothes and then they had a shot of some black guys with a grocery cart full running down a street! It was awful. You would think people would band together during this time and help each other not steal! It was a disgusting scene to be sure.
the actions of a few, while despicable, do not speak for the whole state...let's hope they slam these creeps in jail where they belong...
My wife and I watched these cretins with shopping carts full of Nikes scurrying off like rats with their new found wealth to ... where ?
And no matter how loud are the screams to send in the Guard, imagine what happens when the first shooting happens. You will see the media turn on a dime and start to savage the troopers.
I should have added when I said "maybe a mom" because the person was in the back of the group and couldn't tell if a large guy or a mom.
I should have added when I said "maybe a mom" because the person was in the back of the group and couldn't tell if a large guy or a mom.
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