Truckloads of loot recovered in homes (Nawlins)

New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | 9/25/04 | Michael Perlstein

[freespirited]

You have to bring up the whole article to read the sentence that says it all:

The only things left on the shelves were the books and the educational materials.

[jocon307]

"...a trail of mass looting that left even the most jaded New Orleans police officers..."

Puh-leeze, they don't work enough to get jaded.

[martin_fierro]

"C'mon," Cannatella said. "Why would anyone take a deluxe aquarium stand?"

And during a flood, no less. Hell, N O is an aquarium.

[Exit148]

Fingerprints??

[LibFreeOrDie]

And the looters had time to not only empty the WalMart, but trash it, too. Guess their plight wasn't as dire as we were led to believe...

[RGSpincich]

Or, as any construction worker knows, they never steal shovels or brooms.

[When do we get liberated?]

They are just trashing the Wal-marts that enfranchised Americans wont trash any more

[BenLurkin]

Just out of curiosity, how do the LEOs know which tangled knots of jewelry were looted and which simply belonged to the residents of the homes which the LEOs broke into?

[Smokin' Joe]

So who is hooking up to the trailers? NOPD?

[gunnedah]

This is what has been known as the Liberal Democrats Great Society.

[newfrpr04]

tell that to that Canadian singer Celin Deon (sp?)

[claudiustg]

---Just out of curiosity, how do the LEOs know which tangled knots of jewelry were looted and which simply belonged to the residents of the homes which the LEOs broke into?---

If it's in a room with five brand new boxed microwaves it isn't their jewelry...

[tje]

I don't think there's any difference...

[Reactionary]

"The only things left on the shelves were the books and the educational materials."

Well, there it is. Kryptonite for the racial proletariat.

[BenLurkin]

Uh . . . sadly there are probably quite a few LEOs who think that way.

All I can say is that I'd be very upset if I got home and the LEOs had busted into my house and absconded with my kid's bicycle or my color TV simply because my home was in the ghetto.

[RFEngineer]

I kinda like this line:

"One idea in the works is a plan to donate the items to officers who lost everything to the storm. In the 6th Police District alone, Cannatella said 52 of his 132 cops would qualify"

I wonder what Walmart could possibly owe the useless New Orleans Police Dept? They were worse than useless to them. One wonders how much of this stuff has already been "donated" to the NOPD.

[solitas]

Don't worry - she doesn't deserve to have her name properly spelled.

[Condor51]

****Just out of curiosity, how do the LEOs know which tangled knots of jewelry were looted and which simply belonged to the residents of the homes which the LEOs broke into?****

Just a hunch, but I think the sales tag of $12,000.00 from Andre's Fine Jewelry is a dead giveaway.

After all these were 'po folk' who couldn't afford 'fine jewelry' until after they got their FREE debit cards from us.

[BenLurkin]

Sales tags? No receipts? Maybe.

Still, just speaking for myself, I think there is a real due process problem here.

[Phsstpok]

Puh-leeze, they don't work enough to get jaded.

Now, now. The author didn't say that they were working at police work and became jaded, just that they were jaded.