"I am certain that as soon as a few of these slimeballs are taken out there will be a great flapping of wings and denunciations about why the cops/NG are killing innocent civilians who "only wanted to feed their families"."
Anyone shooting the looters will probably also be deemed a racist.
When Bush first urged "no tolerance" for lawlessness, the DU thread announcing it filled up immediately with over 50 posts claiming he was calling out the KKK and waging war to destroy black America. There was not a single response which acknowledged that people were dying because these thugs were thwarting the rescue efforts.