"I've heard numerous reports on TV of people being shot or being shot at, and of rescue attempts having to be suspended."
Don't forget there are alot of private citizens shooting warning shots.
Shooting warning shots AT HELICOPTERS? FROM A HOSPITAL ROOF???
At Guardsmen from rooftops around where looters are looting?
At boat crews trying to rescue people????
For crissake, they SHOT the pilot of a ferryboat that was shuttling supplies and Guardsmen into the city! I heard the whole thing over the scanners!
Private citizens? No. Druggies and thugs, yes.