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FullMetalPatriot on Obama Photobombs History
Hurricane brings out the cockroaches
Again, we see some of the lowest forms of life living down to their potential. In the literal wake of the devastation in New Orleans, certain members of society have decided to take advantage of the situation and steal everything they can get their filthy hands on.
At a Walgreen’s drug store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers.
When police finally showed up, a young boy stood in the door screaming, “86! 86!” — the radio code for police — and the crowd scattered.
Denise Bollinger, a tourist from Philadelphia, stood outside and snapped pictures in amazement.
“It’s downtown Baghdad,” the housewife said. “It’s insane. I’ve wanted to come here for 10 years. I thought this was a sophisticated city. I guess not.”
Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on the front of several clothing and jewelry stores.
One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store.
“No,” the man shouted, “that’s EVERYBODY’S store.”
Nice. I bet he wouldn’t be saying the same thing if other people were looting all his stuff.
Some folks may be stealing the necessities of life to get through the current situation. But not everybody is quite so desperate. The guy in the picture above isn’t stealing food, he’s stealing all the beer he can carry. It’s one thing to get food, water, and other essentials. It’s quite another to grab 30 pairs of shoes or a plasma screen TV.
Looters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by.
Mike Franklin stood on the trolley tracks and watched the spectacle unfold.
“To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it’s an opportunity to get back at society,” he said.
There’s that victim mentality again. Not a victim of the storm, mind you. A victim of society.
Sheesh.
I can only hope the police or National Guard will use a generous helping of pepper spray to encourage these citizens to “do the right thing” while everybody else affected by the hurricane tries to put their lives back together.
Update: Michelle Malkin’s got a good post with lots of links about the looting.
And Tony Pierce has a running commentary on the whole black vs white thing in regards to who’s doing the looting. It’s getting ugly.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
