It was the chief of police who told his men that they didn't have a place to put arrested looters and so the cops should just beat them up.
It seemed to work because I don't remember looting as a big problem during Hugo.
"It was the chief of police who told his men that they didn't have a place to put arrested looters and so the cops should just beat them up..."
Was that Ruben James? That man knew criminals and crime control.