Looters of N.O.

The law in Louisiana allows for looting food and other things needed for survival.
BUT,looting jewelry,electronics,guns,shoes and anything else is theft!!

Personally,I think that the looters should be shot,tagged as a looter,and left.
If they dont respect others property rights or the law,then they must be eliminated as a drain on society,no matter what race or sex they are.

Er....Mysterman, don't you remember that vigilantism is illegal?

I'm wondering whether there are parallels between the looting in New Orleans after the hurricane and the looting in Baghdad after the government of Iraq fell.

I'm wondering whether there are parallels between the looting in New Orleans after the hurricane and the looting in Baghdad after the government of Iraq fell.

Er....Mysterman, don't you remember that vigilantism is illegal?

nimh wrote:

but whereto? they aint got nothing, probably no money either...

I kinda doubht if that is a new situation in their lives.

If there are,then those on here saying the looters should be left alone are being extremely hypocritical.

The same people defending the looters are the same ones that raised hell about the fact that the US military did NOT stop the looters in Baghdad.

Just heard on NPR that more security is arriving today and they have shoot to kill orders.



Just hope they use that order wisely, and don't let their reactions be led by their nerves.

Bush urged Americans to curb gasoline consumption to ease the impact of refineries crippled by the storm. He also warned Gulf Coast residents, including those searching for water and food, not to break into businesses or commit other crimes during the crisis.

"There ought to be zero tolerance of people breaking the law during an emergency such as this," Bush said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"If people need water and food, we're going to do everything we can to get them water and food," Bush added. "It's very important for the citizens in all affected areas to take personal responsibility and assume a kind of a civic sense of responsibility so that the situation doesn't get out of hand, so people don't exploit the vulnerable."

One of the most squalid and desperate situations unfolded at the city's fetid Ernest M. Morial Convention Center, where thousands had assembled over the preceding two days but which, as of Thursday evening, still had no visible government presence. A half-dozen buses arrived at one point to take a small number of refugees, but none had come since, according to the stranded residents and tourists.

The center itself, dark and without power, was rank with sewage and trash, and was avoided by most of the crowd, who milled around outside. As many as seven corpses lay out in the open around wailing babies and other refugees, according to witnesses and news reports, including one dead man covered in a blue tarp in the middle of a street.

Desperate refugees at one point broke into the center's food-service area to retrieve water and other goods, and the crowds have been roiled by fights and at least one gunshot, according to interviews. Some food rations finally arrived Thursday, dropped by helicopter.

With no buses in sight earlier Thursday, Nagin gave the refugees permission to march across a nearby bridge to dry ground in search of aid. The mayor also issued a plea for help on CNN: "Right now, we are out of resources at the convention center and don't anticipate enough buses. We need buses. Currently, the convention center is unsanitary and unsafe, and we're running out of supplies."

Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said FEMA just learned about the situation at the convention center Thursday and quickly scrambled to provide food, water and medical care and remove the corpses.

The mayor lashed out at the government, saying: "I have no idea what they're doing, but I will tell you this: God is looking down on all this and if they're not doing everything in their power to save people, they are going to pay the price because every day that we delay, people are dying and they're dying by the hundreds."

Does anyone know what has happened to those in prison cells or bed ridden in hospitals?