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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Proud to be an American?
Looters take advantage of tragedy
On New Orleans’ Canal Street, which actually resembled a canal, dozens of looters ripped open the steel gates on clothing and jewelry stores, some packing plastic garbage cans with loot to float down the street. 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!
Looters at a Wal-Mart brazenly loaded up shopping carts with items including micorwaves, coolers and knife sets. Others walked out of a sporting goods store on Canal Street with armfuls of shoes and football jerseys.”
Outside the broken shells of Biloxi’s casinos, people picked through slot machines to see if they still contained coins. “People are just casually walking in and filling up garbage bags and walking off like they’re Santa Claus,” said Marty Desei, owner of a Super 8 motel. While extending my most heartfelt sympathies to those who have lost their homes, I would be hard pressed to feel bad for these people if on arriving home they discovered they no longer had a house in which to stash their contraband.
posted by gbarto at 6:48 PM
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