I thought that too. On the other hand, imagine the international headlines if foreign tourists were murdered---and the upscale places were staked out by the criminal element. A couple of days ago, a woman interviewed on TV said the hotel she was in told her she had to leave because they could not protect her, plus they had no power water or food. She had a car and drove out of town with people beating on her car and jumping in front trying to make her stop. She was terrified.
vaudine
The irony is that tourism in NO is DEAD for the foreseeable future. Unless you want to take an airboat tour of Lake New Orleans.
Gawd, some guy on John Batchelor just said that rather than shooting looters the best thing for NO would be to shoot the mayor!
Hopefully she ran a few of 'em over.
This is already a worldwide incident. It is a terrible black eye for America around the world. Some people may not care a fart about that. But I'll tell you, the international image has suffered immensely. I get many difficult to answer questions now from a lot of people overseas. Bad. America has a responsibility to treat it's guests well, too, and try to get them back home, if they ever want guests again...
White folks were threatened in the shelters: Murder and Mayhem in New Orlean's Miserable Shelter: Lessons from the Dome