Looting: I thought you got shot for this

[Non_Comformist]

I seem to have this idea in my head that in times of catostrophic distaster looting become something you got shot for in progress. Yet I haven't heard of any being shot today.

Did I just pull this idea out of the blue? Anyone else heard anything similar?

[mmbt0ne]

Who's gonna shoot when the cops are looting too?

What? Are cops really looting or is this a "[censored] the police" statement?

[tylerdurden]

FWIW, I was just at dinner at a local pizza joint and there were some evacuees at the next table, getting news updates on their laptop (the pizza joint has wifi). She read a report of a cop getting shot in the back of the head by a looter.

[Non_Comformist]

seriously, no one has ever heard of a shoot on sight policy for looters?

I could have sworn I heard this somewhere.

[elwoodblues]

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seriously, no one has ever heard of a shoot on sight policy for looters?

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No.

Have you heard of a shoot-on-sight policy for jay walking?

[MMMMMM]

Yes, I've certainly heard of it as a policy, when the National Guard is pulled in during states of emergency. Has it actually ever happened? I'd guess yes though rarely.

[Non_Comformist]

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Yes, I've certainly heard of it as a policy, when the National Guard is pulled in during states of emergency. Has it actually ever happened? I'd guess yes though rarely.

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ok thanks, I just wanted some confirmation that I wasn't completely off base. Obviously it's not something that I would expect to happen.

Although I can't say it would bother me much.

[Felix_Nietsche]

........a hurricane.

I'm not sure why state govenors not have used this policy in recent disasters.

[MelchyBeau]

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What? Are cops really looting or is this a "[censored] the police" statement?

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Nope, the police are actually looting, along with the firemen.

The big sleazy is known for having horrible police.

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Meanwhile, two staffers published a story on one of the Web site's blogs, reporting looting in the city--joined in by cops and firemen who had been called to the scene.

Mike Perlstein and Brian Thevenot wrote that at a Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, mass looting broke out after a giveaway of supplies was announced at that location. While some did indeed carry away food and essentials, others "cleared out jewelry racks and carted out computers, TVs and appliances on handtrucks. Some officers joined in taking whatever they could, including one New Orleans cop who loaded a shopping cart with a compact computer and a 27-inch flat screen television.

"Throughout the store and parking lot, looters pushed carts and loaded trucks and vans alongside officers. One man said police directed him to Wal-Mart from Robert’s Grocery, where a similar scene was taking place. A crowd in the electronics section said one officer broke the glass DVD case so people wouldn’t cut themselves.

"The police got all the best stuff. They’re crookeder than us," one man said. Most officers, though, simply stood by powerless against the tide of law breakers.

One veteran officer said, "It’s like this everywhere in the city. This tiny number of cops can’t do anything about this. It’s wide open."

Some groups organized themselves into assembly lines to more efficiently cart off goods. Inside the store, one woman was stocking up on make-up. She said she took comfort in watching police load up their own carts. "It must be legal," she said. "The police are here taking stuff, too."

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