Looters take advantage of New Orleans' flooding (It is a Free for All)

Houston Chronicle ^ | 08/29/2005 | Associated Press

[TXBSAFH]

I live on the TX gulf coast. I have candles, radios, 5 days of food and water, a first aid kit, and lots of ammo. It is hurricane season after all.

[yobid]

Shot gun typo.

[null and void]

Yeah. They look like they've been starving all their lives...

[dead]

The beer and food is all going to rot, so I have no problem with people taking that from destroyed buildings. It will help them survive, or at least get a buzz.

Jewelry, televisions, cash, etc. That rates a bullet in the head.

[Arthalion]

Like most people, I don't have a problem with someone taking food (most of it's just going to spoil anyway), but anyone seen walking down the street with a TV set or an armload of jewelry should be shot on sight.

[ßuddaßudd]

LOL

[Graybeard58]

Just trying to inject a little levity into a terrible situation.

[sharktrager]

I like shoot guns.

[janetgreen]

A looter carries a bucket of beer

He must be REALLY hungry... This is the same thing that happened in L.A. during the riots, a free-for-all by the do-nothings against the homeowners and business owners.

[The Red Zone]

I thought I'd heard that the law requires the discarding of all food from a store which had been flooded. If so, then they're just taking the trash.

[OldFriend]

may the fire ants find their way into his pants

[vrwc0915]

You will see Mogadishu in the US later this week! Right now there is still food to loot when the food runs out it will get crazy! I spent years working all along the coast in LA and can tell you that when that crowd becomes hungry with nowhere to go it will require a battalion sized force at minimum to restore order

[Dead Dog]

The only oppression in her life is the one she left in her couch.

[dead]

Free Rodney King! Free Rodney King! Free televisions!

[Cowboy Bob]

I guess its safe to say that all of the looters are DEMOCRATS!

[Don Carlos]

This dude's even got em stuck in his pants pocket! Mmm, Heinekin!

[Rutles4Ever]

I agree. Anything is possible. But this is cataclysmic.

[G.Mason]

"I thought this was a sophisticated city. I guess not." ... Denise Bollinger of Philadelphia.

Another Philly cheese sandwich, imitating a human being.

She must have been severely disappointed having spent good money only to get photographs of the same shoplifting she sees every day in Philly.

[evets]

"'Looting', eh? I think that can be arranged".

[skeeter]

but anyone seen walking down the street with a TV set or an armload of jewelry should be shot on sight.

Wouldn't it be more fun to follow and watch him try to find a dry place to put his new TV down? Let alone plug it in.