Curtis Miller, 54, was taking pictures of storm damage when he saw the looters. They're walking out with armloads of clothes, book bags, toilet paper, hand towels, baby diapers, ... Anything that is above the water, they're taking it.
Quotes about looters (16 Quotes)
I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that.
To follow the news on television the past couple of days, looters have pretty much taken over the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The fear, of course, ... is that looting contributes to the sense that things are out of control, and that lawlessness begins to snowball, and that stealing becomes murder.
IMHO looters should be shot. Nothing allows for that sort of behavior. How would you feel if it was your property being looted. Horrible I bet.
I haven't discussed that with him in the midst of all the response and recovery efforts that are ongoing with Katrina. Looting will not be tolerated. The president made that clear that it should be zero tolerance when it comes to looters. And that's why we are in close communication with Governor Blanco and other officials in Louisiana to address the law enforcement and security concerns on the ground in New Orleans. And that's why you have National Guard deployed there, additional National Guard going in there to help address some of the security concerns.
We had our guns. People determined to stand up for themselves survived ... the looters went somewhere else.
They the looters are not the enemy, they are our citizens.
1140 p.m. Louisiana's governor declared war on looters who have made the city a menacing landscape of disorder and fear. They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded, ... These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, a
It will make more room for looters and anyone accused of a violent crime.
This was the area that was the worst hit. We went out there. We ended up on the way treating a lot of policeman and military people who had been attacked by looters, ... One guy, a big burly policeman, had a bite on his hand. A female apparently dived through a window and wanted to get his gun to try to kill herself. We were seeing things like that. There were a lot of traumatized people walking around with blank stares.
We are asking the Legislature that, when a special session is called, to appropriate funds to the Supreme Court to hire retired judges to set up an expedited calendar so that we can quickly send looters and price gougers to the penitentiary,
The artifacts are ... the treasures of Peru's most famous pre-Colombian city. On the other hand, Yale has taken care of these pieces for over 90 years.... They are not the 'bad guys' here. They are a well-meaning scientific organization, not looters.
Weve made it tough for looters to get into the neighborhoods, ... We work with a military police unit and the local police, so its hard for anybody to get away with anything.
Mobs and looters have been hurling rocks and bricks at passing patrol police vehicles.
It's a legitimate point to debate. But it's part of the reality. It's happening, but it's also true they (looters) are in the distinct minority. I think there's a hero on every street corner in New Orleans, and I think the reporting has shown that. I think the balance has been there.
What you did was not done to discourage looters, but for the key reason of producing trophy photos.