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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:33 AM Original message |
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'd like to see the authorities follow up on this. Having in-laws in NOLA who witnessed some of |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Let the race for any theoretically possible explanation that isn't racism begin! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. How about this other crime: |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. And the crime of not allowing people to walk across a perfectly fine bridge to safer West Bank |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Not for nothing but . . . |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. One reason people stayed in New Orleans. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Me and a bunch of guys from a gun forum were organizing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Deleted message |
geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Or fewer - what if the supply run was planned by black people? And they were |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Well that sums it up doesn't it. What is wrong with you? |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. How do you know the "guys from the guns forum" weren't Black? |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You weren't let in for the same reason Rumsfeld didn't send the helicopters that were standing by... |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. And for the same reason a Canadian jet with rescue personnel and |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. And for the same reason |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Belated Welcome to DU! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
104. That was really gracious of you and your pals. Your hearts |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
90. no shit. BUSHCO should be behind bars |
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wantoutnow (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. the response to Katrina |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Welcome to DU! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
105. You mean, the 'LACK of response.' n/t |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. How many died from bullet wounds and what type of bullet? |
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destes (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. "the Republicans who were in charge were completely.... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Indeed. /nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. k&r for people speaking out |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. What happened in the aftermath of Katrina was a crime to the 10th |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. "We prayed and prayed for God to do something about New Orleans, and He sent us Katrina." |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. it's no secret that New Orleans is not very popular within its own state |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
50. The Reputation of New Orleans |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. besides race, it has a lot do do with the perception |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. A lot of big towns |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
116. not to mention some of the finest food and music in the world. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
63. praying for "ethnic cleansing"? |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
96. Katrina also |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #96 |
134. Yeah, but those churches got rebuilt |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
97. An elected official said something similar. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. I remember hearing about this after Katrina, but never heard if anything was done about it |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. What I find really disturbing..... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. let me ask you this |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No one has a right to deny people water and food or boats and shelter. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. what if it's your water and food and they want to take it? |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Looters were stealing from abandoned stores. |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Well, were they "finders" or "looters?" |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. OMG, that's right! That was so illuminating. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Lolly, I believe you have |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
101. Apologies, but your relatives are clearly morans... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. But this is not apparent to Reich Wing types |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. please, it's actually racist to assume that girl in the "found" photo is white. She looks |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
99. Disgusting |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. My wife's family is from New Orleans. They are white folks who live in the surrounding areas. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. People who are posting comments don't seem to know NO.... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
76. Agree completely. Please see my post #65. nt |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
103. In NYC, I am not sure if they will even mug you! It really is one of the |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
102. Interesting. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. I understand, but the OP seemed to imply that |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. If everyone is like me there will always be some. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
54. what if it's your water and food and they want to take it? |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
115. I posted upthread that I was asking a hypothetical question |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I think it's very relevant whether people ask you first or whether they just begin taking it, |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. not in situations like this one |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
100. so you're okay with someone walking in your front door and carrying your stuff away? |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. Stuff can be replaced. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. care to post your address? |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. You're welcome to it if you need it. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. well, at least you're consistent in your beliefs. I give you credit for that n/t |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Do you think ANY of the food people were shot over didn't ROT INSIDE THE STORE ? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. I saw a guy taking free weights out of a store after the storm.... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Do they rot? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Depends if they are my free weights I suppose... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
84. Is that store still there? Would you feel better having shot him? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Its like when I was robbed... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
121. To sell for MONEY. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Wow, you just don't know.... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. How wonderful you love your TV and Dog more than your fellow humans' lives. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. I can say with absolute certainty that both are worth more than... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. People who want to murder will frame circumstances to make it happen. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. People who want to steal will frame circumstances to make it happen |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #124 |
129. I rarely agree with the above poster, but.... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Who is the animal now? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Apples and oranges. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Computers are made from animal products. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Sure thing, Che. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. They could have simply let the survivors pass through |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
69. are saying all the black people in new orleans were looters? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I think it is A-Ok to shoot to kill anyone looting from your house. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Exactly. If they are dead, they are looters, right? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. These murderers were defending stores they didn't even own. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
98. I would defend my friend's and neighbor's house too....but... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. No sympathy for looters, none. |
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Tan Gent (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Taking bottled water or food from an empty store is one thing...carrying out TV sets |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I know a guy who was an insurance investigator post Katrina. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. If you've ever spent time in NO, you know that the one thing.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. fire fighters looted after 9/11 |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Is it? Suppose person A is hungry and thirsty. Person B has a big stash of |
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Tan Gent (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. They were holding auctions? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Welcome to DU! |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
110. Not auctions. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Why an electronics store? |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Here is a video of post Katrina people struggling to stay alive. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Agreed--taking water or food or Pampers from a destroyed grocery store |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
60. carrying out TV sets and boomboxes is a totally different story. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
67. And we all know who |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
92. "Boomboxes"? |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Boomboxes... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Whether any individual was a looter is a case of "he said, he's dead". |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. You're right. I spoke too fast. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Your Additional Comments Do You Credit.... (n/t) |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. This is sort of like |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. maybe it has to do with lack of empathy or maybe it has to do with fear. If you were |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Some of the comments I have read in this thread show that many of us have no idea what it's like to |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Excuses? Sadly not. Racism certainly played a part in what happened in N.O., but |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. That is the NO I know and love... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
108. Most of the smaller communities surrounding New Orleans |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. the people these assholes shot were not looters |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
93. So you're defending MURDER |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
138. So you believe these bigots? I live in the South, and I know of some |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. Louisiana enchants as much as it horrifies. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
58. When the MSM only showed images of black looters I knew they were throwing raw meat the the racists |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. the reporting was shamefully racist |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
68. Makes me CRY |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. ... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. Thank you for posting, and remining us that this was a human tragedy, first and foremost. |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Thanks for the welcome... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #87 |
109. You do what you have to do |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
107. A cousin and her family were trapped in a hotel in the East. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. God... that last line. |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
89. More in depth video... |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
91. Part II of the Democracy Now report... |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
94. This is the last one I can post... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #94 |
125. Thank you so much for your posts in this thread. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
117. Cruelty to animals is a precursor to cruelty to people....... |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
118. Any update on the reports that gangs were shooting at rescue helicopters? |
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chasitynola (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. I will ask first responder friends |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. I was on the scanner channels during the entire event and never stopped recording. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
120. K&R |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
135. What surprises me is that WTAE is reporting this story |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
136. kick ...too late to recommend |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
137. Well, Katrina looked like a "hate" crime to me . . .!!! |
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