[ConsentofGoverned]

"police and politicians need to be keenly aware that the criminal element will erupt savagely and brutally. I just hope that future leaders understand this and are prepared to respond accordingly."

You are joking, right. In a Crime infested city just bearly under control in good times What Politico or Police chief would expect anything else?? You should look up E LA (Watts) in 70's riots or any of number of US cities in 60's
This is only as surprise to our current crop of Liberal Leftist dregs..Prepare yourself and your family to act intelligently and with proper resources and the ability to defend themselves (yes guns). The Gov cannot help many in New Orleans and many will perish who relied on the likes of the current Governor and her minions.

[Enterprise]

Another poster made an interesting point about this situation. The animals are acting like this after a natural disaster. Prior riots erupted because of perceived incidents of "racism" and/or "police brutality." Personally, I'm not at all surprised by all this violence and downright savagery, but what I am getting at is that our leaders need to know that this is what will happen in future natural disasters, and they had better damned well be prepared! There can be no excuse next time! And there WILL be a next time!