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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not just the flood waters that kill.
I'm listening to the Houston scanner. Lots of medical emergencies happening. Rescuers just won't be able to get to them all in time for transport.
This is heartbreaking.
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It's not just the flood waters that kill. (Original Post)
B2G
Aug 2017
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B2G
(9,766 posts)1. And I'm cool with shooting looters and criminals.
They are distracting from the rescue effort. Fuck them.
sarisataka
(18,627 posts)2. One person's looter
Is another's finder
Deadly force should only be used to protect lives
B2G
(9,766 posts)4. I am talking about armed men
trying to force their way into people's homes, not someone taking diapers and bottled water.
You might want to listen to the scanners coming out of Houston.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)5. thank you
knew exactly what the other response was implying....they have always turned a blind eye to the "finders".
LeftInTX
(25,285 posts)3. I heard that a Shipley's Donuts was looted
Donuts!!!!!