Warning As Mobs Get Bolder

The New York Post ^ | September 1, 2005 | Kevin McGill

[TheForceOfOne]

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Ray Nagin ordered 1,500 police officers to leave their search-and-rescue mission last night and return to the streets to stop looting that has turned increasingly hostile as the city plunges deeper into chaos.

"They are starting to get closer to heavily populated areas — hotels, hospitals — and we're going to stop it right now," Nagin said.

The number of officers called off the search-and-rescue mission amounts to virtually the entire police force in New Orleans.

The out-of-control thievery had escalated while cops joined National Guardsmen in focusing on saving lives.

In some cases, New Orleans police officers took part in the looting. One cop was seen carting off a computer and a 27-inch flat-screen TV, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Earlier yesterday, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blan- co said she has asked the White House to send more people to help with evacuations and rescues, thereby freeing up National Guardsmen to stop looters.

The looting got worse as people brazenly ran- sacked stores for food, beer, clothing, appliances — and guns.

There have been some citizen-vs.-criminal standoffs, with one shopkeeper posting an ominous sign: "You loot, I shoot."

[TheForceOfOne]

Pretty sure New Orleans went to the "beads" currency long ago and it was used widely in the streets of the Big Easy. I've seen them used on Bourbon Street. lol

[monday]

"Did anyone see any of the looters taking chainsaws, rakes, or anything of the like to help with the cleanup efforts??? "

lol... I saw a guy stealing a weed eater. Does that count?

[the anti-liberal]

I'm surprised we haven't seen more comments to the effect that this is simply karma for Mardi Gra(sp) craziness.

[PMCarey]

I wish the Mayor of N O would grow some gonads and get HIS city under control.

He doesn't have a city anymore.

[oh8eleven]

My comment was regarding your ignorant statement - "fat insurance settlement the storeowner has probably already filed." Your ignorant reply just proves my point.

Five years on this forum and you still have a five year old's mentality. New Orleans isn't Iraq? Haaaaaa - you fool.

[Euro-American Scum]

I agree, which is why I purchased a Springfield M1A several years ago... ...to go along with my AR-15....

...and my M1....

...and my Remington 870...

...etc.

Your "collection" pretty much mirrors mine. To go along with three Glocks, two Para Ord P-14s and a Colt 1991A1.

I also have a Mossberg 590 to go along with my Remington. You never know when you're going to need a back-up 12 gauge.

Talking to people out here in CA today, we've all concluded if we have a 8.8 earthquake in this area, we'll be in the same boat as New Orleans. Best to be prepared.

[Badray]

Lead is more valuable than gold in these situations.