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Florida Looters Caught Stealing POWER POLE in Jacksonville as 3 Million Struggle Without Electricity
Daily Mail UK ^ | 9/14/2017 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 09/14/2017 6:10:08 AM PDT by sevinufnine

Two looters were stopped by Jacksonville police while attempting to steal a power pole in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The highly conspicuous thieves were caught red-handed with the pole on top of their SUV. The looters also attached a flag, made of what appears to be t-shirts, to the back of the pole for safety. It is not clear what they intended to use to pole for. Twitter users noted they would have struggled to sell it for recycling considering it is obviously a stolen power pole.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: crime; irma
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To: sevinufnine

They were thinking that they could use the pole for their Stars & Bars flag.


21 posted on 09/14/2017 6:35:00 AM PDT by red-dawg (I want a statue of TRUMP in my city.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Believe me, I know the patterns all too well. It does make me cringe a little bit in that if someone was just seeing FR for the first time and those comments were the first ones they saw, then it would paint us in a negative light. But yes, facts are facts when it comes to crime statistics.


22 posted on 09/14/2017 6:36:37 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: School of Rational Thought

23 posted on 09/14/2017 6:41:58 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I didn’t realize that made us stick out so.


24 posted on 09/14/2017 6:45:50 AM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I didn’t realize that made us stick out so.


25 posted on 09/14/2017 6:46:11 AM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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To: sevinufnine

Some people ARE born STUPID!.........................


26 posted on 09/14/2017 6:49:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: thefactor

As soon as I read that the looting required unusual exertion: uprooting & lifting a public utility power pole up and onto, then securing it to an evil SUV, I knew it didn’t involve Dindus.
An electrical power pole isn’t a 50” Sanyo.
W-we didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.


27 posted on 09/14/2017 6:50:41 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: VanDeKoik
Really? That's pretty presumptuous.

I don't care if they are "white trash", "black trash" or "mexican trash". I don't care if it is power poles or a pair of Nikes. SHOOT THEM!

28 posted on 09/14/2017 6:54:41 AM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: VanDeKoik
Something tells me the number of posts screaming about looting on FR will be far shorter on this one.

Not on my account. Those two should'a been shot as much as any other.

29 posted on 09/14/2017 6:55:52 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: thefactor

“It does make me cringe a little bit in that if someone was just seeing FR for the first time and those comments were the first ones they saw, then it would paint us in a negative light”

Not necessarily. I love FR has such a variety of subjects. The funny ones are many times the best.


30 posted on 09/14/2017 6:58:18 AM PDT by sevinufnine (.)
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To: sevinufnine

A stretch calling that looting when it looks more like plain ‘ol theft, but, to-MAY-to, to-MAH-to.


31 posted on 09/14/2017 6:59:01 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: sevinufnine

Those two guys on the curb fully intended to smoke things out of that pole!


32 posted on 09/14/2017 7:03:34 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: JimRed

Undocumented storm clean-up crew.


33 posted on 09/14/2017 7:03:48 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: sevinufnine

Well they say go big or go home. I guess they didn’t realize how conspicuous they looked with a power pole on an SUV roof.

Looters from shoes to power poles all need to face extra charges for being criminal during a crisis or something like that. Not to mention the additional time it takes to get power restored when equipment is stolen, these two should face maximum looting charges.

Scum is scum.


34 posted on 09/14/2017 7:07:43 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: thefactor

Florida man is a diverse category.


35 posted on 09/14/2017 7:08:09 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: tumblindice

“We wuz jes’ looking for the power company guys to give them this here pole, Officer!”


36 posted on 09/14/2017 7:10:25 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: thefactor

Yup. And if there was no picture posted, there would have been a lot of “do I even have to guess?” comments as well.

...

Well, they had the courtesy to tie a flag on the end. That’s acting white if you ask me.


37 posted on 09/14/2017 7:11:38 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: sevinufnine

As actor James Woods tweeted when the looting began,
“Make sure you hide your cash under work boots.”

Joe McCarthy was right. John Derbyshire was right.
And when we start reading and profile the perps by the second line in 99 out of a hundred threads like this one, we freepers are right.
There’s no need to apologize for being right.


38 posted on 09/14/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: sevinufnine

Aluminum poles can be harvested with a chain saw. The poles are worth $.50 a pound or so.


39 posted on 09/14/2017 7:15:35 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: bert

“Aluminum poles can be harvested with a chain saw.”

Now that’s funny.....but doesn’t do much for the chain saw chain. They’re a pain to sharpen.


40 posted on 09/14/2017 7:20:05 AM PDT by sevinufnine (.)
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