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Hurricane Harvey Rescuers Report Looters Shooting at Boats
Townhall ^ | Aug 29, 2017 | Lauretta Brown

Posted on 08/29/2017 2:56:56 PM PDT by detective

The Louisiana-based Cajun Navy, a group that began when local volunteers with boats rescued Hurricane Katrina victims, headed to Houston to help victims of Hurricane Harvey who are stranded due to the severe ongoing rain and flooding in East Texas. The rescue boats reportedly had some trouble with looters as CNN and some local news stations noted Monday.

Clyde Cain, the founder of the group, posted a video on Facebook Monday evening with a complete update on the situation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cajunnavy; hurricaneharvey; looters; rescuers; searchworks
"it was looters, they’re out there, they’re not wanting our boats around because of course they’re looting, so no one got injured, I didn’t get shot.”
1 posted on 08/29/2017 2:56:57 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Some PBR Mk. IIs would take care of the looters.


2 posted on 08/29/2017 2:58:04 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: detective

The Cajun Navy is unarmed, or have they been shooting back?

I’ll bet a lot of the looters are Katrina refugees and their offspring.


3 posted on 08/29/2017 2:59:11 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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A safe bet. That was 3 generations ago.


4 posted on 08/29/2017 3:04:51 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: detective

Did the national guard get called in?


5 posted on 08/29/2017 3:05:42 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: detective

I was thinking that they wanted to hijack the boats to increase their looting chances.


6 posted on 08/29/2017 3:06:06 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: detective

Please shoot to kill those maggots.


7 posted on 08/29/2017 3:07:21 PM PDT by Djl3668 (11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things)
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To: detective

Was monitoring a local Houston TV station and homeowners blocked their street with a pickup to block looters. His shotgun helped make the point.

Hope looting is not widespread in the impacted area, but know there are a lot of bad hombres out there.

2nd Amendment.


8 posted on 08/29/2017 3:09:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: detective
Rec;d this email: "Need all help possible! Calling all Deplorables. I may not be able to get to Texas, to help pull people out of water, but I can help them get rid of their vermine problem. Please post this as much as possible!"
9 posted on 08/29/2017 3:11:17 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: detective

People in boats pretending to be rescuers and then robbing people?

People pretending to be in trouble and then robbing rescuers?

There must be some trees that still have branches high enough that you can hang some of these criminals.


10 posted on 08/29/2017 3:13:11 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: JimRed

The gift that keeps on taking.


11 posted on 08/29/2017 3:14:47 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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“The Cajun Navy is unarmed, or have they been shooting back?”

I don’t think Cajuns are ever unarmed.


12 posted on 08/29/2017 3:20:23 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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You know it.


13 posted on 08/29/2017 3:22:01 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: detective

THis story has been debunked at several sites:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/cajun-navy-volunteers-reportedly-shot-at-while-helping-harvey-victims.html


14 posted on 08/29/2017 3:30:11 PM PDT by rey
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To: detective

Marines are there now.
Looting likely to stop.


15 posted on 08/29/2017 3:51:39 PM PDT by Lorianne
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Lets hope our esteemed govt/police and military, don’t decide to go all Katrina on the good citizens of houston, all for THEIR “SAFETY” of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8trl69kzo


16 posted on 08/29/2017 4:06:29 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Army Air Corps

Yup. Light ‘em with an M134.


17 posted on 08/29/2017 4:06:29 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Magnum44

Yup, pretty much all 12,000 of us. Plus whatever LA has brought in. Unfortunately, our unit was not issued weapons, and I don’t know if any other units have or haven’t been.
We’re not in Houston so I can’t really say, we’re just staged in San Antonio so far. One of the guy in my unit who also happens to be a Houston cop, said they’ve had some gangs getting into fights but I haven’t heard much else.


18 posted on 08/29/2017 7:46:37 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: detective

They’re from Only Black Lives Matter.


19 posted on 08/30/2017 2:17:52 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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