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Police have far more important things than looting to concentrate on right now. If I lived in one of those flooded cities and learned police were wasting time and resources trying to catch people stealing shoes and tvs, Id be demanding answers from the mayor.
All the looted items are covered by insurance and hello, its a flood, they are going to be destroyed by water and written off anyway!
I have a sneaky feeling insurance companies are pressuring police to get involved, property and money mean more to them.
Here's another one with a convenient moral compass. Illustrative of the downfall of our country in a few sentences.
Sorry RedZin, but your view is illustrative of a very big problem in America. The absurd willingness and ability to rationalize law-breaking.
Because this or that is happening, it's OK to STEAL. Because someone really needed new sneakers and nobody is around to stop them, it's OK to STEAL them. Oh right, because a store owner might have insurance, we should all just go STEAL their stuff.
A woeful lack of of moral compass, this country has.
^ A good deal of these stores didn't really suffer much damage until these savages ripped the press board off, gained illegal entry and stole everything is site leaving the store open to the elements. Anyone that has been through a disaster like this knows everything isn't going to be covered. It's just not.
We had to fight the bank/insurance comp for almost a year after we got flooded. After it was all said and done we had to BK anyway.
If I lived in one of those flooded cities and learned police were wasting time and resources trying to catch people stealing shoes and tvs, I'd be demanding answers from the mayor.
If the opposite were true, if they were turning a blind eye to it, tacitly approving of it, I'd be wanting answers.
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Originally Posted by rstevens62
All the looted items are covered by insurance and hello, its a flood, they are going to be destroyed by water and written off anyway!
Covered by insurance? Maybe, partially... how is that possibility any justification for theft?
Destroyed? That is not assured at all. We're not talking about starving people in Houston taking a modicum of produce from a heavily flooded grocery store before it spoils to feed children.
My point was that every time a minority is arrested or even stopped by police, the far Left cries racism and White Supremacy. What message is that sending? Yup, that they feel minorities should be able to break laws with impunity and NEVER be stopped or questioned by police because you know, that's racist and white supremacy.
I am white, not a member of the "far Left" and your generalization that "every time a minority is arrested or even stopped by police, the far Left cries racism and White Supremacy" and that "they feel minorities should be able to break laws with impunity and NEVER be stopped or questioned by police" is frankly, ridiculous, as many generalizations are.
I do not know where you live, but I can tell you that here in Florida, one is much more likely to be pulled over if one is black. I see all kinds of truly horrific drivers on the road where I live, but when you see people that are pulled over, two out of three are black.
Nobody is saying that anyone should be immune from being arrested for breaking the law, or that looting is right--it's not (unless you need food or water for survival and can get it no other way) but if you don't think whites are treated differently by law enforcement, I think you are wrong.
The overuse of the words "Every, Always and Never" by those criticizing others, also sends the wrong message.
I am white, not a member of the "far Left" and your generalization that "every time a minority is arrested or even stopped by police, the far Left cries racism and White Supremacy" and that "they feel minorities should be able to break laws with impunity and NEVER be stopped or questioned by police" is frankly, ridiculous, as many generalizations are.
I do not know where you live, but I can tell you that here in Florida, one is much more likely to be pulled over if one is black. I see all kinds of truly horrific drivers on the road where I live, but when you see people that are pulled over, two out of three are black.
Nobody is saying that anyone should be immune from being arrested for breaking the law, or that looting is right--it's not (unless you need food or water for survival and can get it no other way) but if you don't think whites are treated differently by law enforcement, I think you are wrong.
The overuse of the words "Every, Always and Never" by those criticizing others, also sends the wrong message.
I've read a lot of your posts and "Every, Always and Never" are typed by you on many occasions with your criticisms of conservatives. You certainly aren't espousing centralist type statements or retorting peoples comments with neutrality or moderate views. Your views in today's world are certainly far left no-matter how many times you state they aren't.
I've read a lot of your posts and "Every, Always and Never" are typed by you on many occasions with your criticisms of conservatives. You certainly aren't espousing centralist type statements or retorting peoples comments with neutrality or moderate views. Your views in today's world are certainly far left no-matter how many times you state they aren't.
Your off-topic, ad hominem attack is duly noted. Thanks for sharing.
Police have far more important things than looting to concentrate on right now. If I lived in one of those flooded cities and learned police were wasting time and resources trying to catch people stealing shoes and tvs, Id be demanding answers from the mayor.
All the looted items are covered by insurance and hello, its a flood, they are going to be destroyed by water and written off anyway!
I have a sneaky feeling insurance companies are pressuring police to get involved, property and money mean more to them.
That Foot Locker store wasn't flooded nor the parking lot where loads of them parked their cars.
And they didn't even wait for the hurricane to pass..they were looting during the hurricane.
The use of "oh its covered by insurance, or was going to be ruined anyway, or police have better things to do" is total BS. Wrong is wrong and none of those excuses is justification for stealing. None of them. Keep allowing law breakers to break the law, or make any excuse for their behavior and we will have a country of animals. You won't like it when they are at your door demanding you give them your sh*t while you are home.
Police have far more important things than looting to concentrate on right now. If I lived in one of those flooded cities and learned police were wasting time and resources trying to catch people stealing shoes and tvs, Id be demanding answers from the mayor.
All the looted items are covered by insurance and hello, its a flood, they are going to be destroyed by water and written off anyway!
I have a sneaky feeling insurance companies are pressuring police to get involved, property and money mean more to them.
A thief is a criminal. When you make a claim on insurance, you never get all your costs back, and they 'might' raise your rates or cancel.
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