Also a large portion of the police department didn't show up for work and the AG indicated that anti-looting laws would not be strickly enforced.
And you are right.
On another thread, I had already re-posted this and added #7, which was a link to an official who stated 2/3 of the police officers abandoned their jobs. Of course, many of the NO police officers joined their thug friends and took part in the looting.
Here is a link to that post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476911/posts?page=151#151
oooooooops
That was post #159, not 151 (the original)
Here is link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476911/posts?page=159#159
You made an excellent point.