This is, in microcosm, a glorious study in the appeasement of terror. Had lawful authority made a highly visible show of force at the onset of all this, much of this violence and idiocy would have been avoided.
The entire NOPD needs to be gutted and rebuilt from scratch.
I'm a moderate on this issue. I wouldn't advocate shooting someone for looting food or water from the Winn Dixie, but at some point (which has now been passed) you give the security personnel live ammo and authorization to use it to protect the hospitals and the lives and well being of the innocents.