When I was young, looters were shot on sight. Right there. No questions asked. End of story.
And you could walk the streets at night, too.
When I was young, looters were shot on sight.
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Sorry “combat” but you must be ‘older than dirt’.
Since the mid 60’s the rule of thumb has been to let the rioters have their way then during the Rodney BS they were really allowed to run rampant.
As to walking the streets at night, when I was stationed at New London CT in 1962, used to go to NYC for weekend and had no problem walking the streets at night (of course during the pre VN ‘summers of love’, being in uniform was a plus and quarters seldom cost) but for the hour or so the bars were closed etc it was just walking around time.
And during the days of $200.00 +- per month, Park Avenue wasn’t exactly on the ‘tour’.
And you could shoot fleeing felons, too!
>>> When I was young, looters were shot on sight
Along with the occasional innocent bystander. The police are correct. Untrained undisciplined frightened civilians blasting away in panic isn’t a pretty thought. The trained ready Green Beret will be the exception, not the rule.
If the police think this maybe they should be more proactive with the problem.