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Honeycombe8

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13. I hate to tell you, but that has been debunked.

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 11:19 AM

Oct 2018

There is a difference between the two pics, so it doesn't mean what you think. It's been debunked in Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-katrina-looters/

The gist of it is, the pics were taken by two different news orgs. For the first, the photographer actually saw the people go into the store and take items w/o paying, so he called it looting.

For the second, it was a different news org. They said they were careful about characterizing things like that, because the situation was so bad there. But for this picture, the photographer did not see the people go into a store and take anything. There were other people in the water, black and white, and there was a grocery store nearby with 5 feet of water. There were supplies floating outside the store among the people. So the photographer surmised that the people did indeed just find stuff. As for why he shot the lighter skinned people, he was just looking for the best shot, and that was it.

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During Katrina - They Called This "LOOTING" [View all] kpete Oct 2018 OP

Tut Tut! malaise Oct 2018 #1

There's salvagers and there's looters - the difference is black and white. marble falls Oct 2018 #2

Precisely dalton99a Oct 2018 #5

Clearly!! MyOwnPeace Oct 2018 #9

Ah, exactly. a kennedy Oct 2018 #16

When Whites kill a Black it is self-defense. When a Black kills a White it is murder. olegramps Oct 2018 #25

The AP thought there was a difference between looters and salvagers LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2018 #27

Yeah, funny how that works, isn't it? LAGC Oct 2018 #29

I remember that page. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #40

No one will be arrested. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #3

Only the black folk... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #4

During Katrina, it was looting vs. finding: Garrett78 Oct 2018 #6

I hate to tell you, but that has been debunked. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #13

Debunked is too strong. There's a lack of context, yes. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #14

Actually, no. The photographr of the top photo... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #38

It's not looting in any of these instances. It's food or other goods needed for survival that... Garrett78 Oct 2018 #41

You also have to remember that facts are only important when they fit a certain theme. 7962 Oct 2018 #46

Looting food from a flooded store during a hurricane? Bullshit. It's blatant media bias. brush Oct 2018 #47

I don't buy that lunatica Oct 2018 #49

The press debunks a story that makes the press look bad... lame54 Oct 2018 #32

Well, you could post any picture... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #39

I found the source of the photo, with the NYT article. It IS referred to as looting. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #7

I went to the tweet and is just a picture. No source given. Takket Oct 2018 #8

I found it. I edited my post to put the link. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #11

Good thing the military personnel are guarding dollar store profits. Merlot Oct 2018 #15

During Katrina I saw video of looting by New Orleans police. lunatica Oct 2018 #50

I checked "Search Google for Image" by hovering over the photo. irisblue Oct 2018 #10

Yes, I found it, too. I edited my post to incl. the link. Thx. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #12

Also, dugog55 Oct 2018 #17

And they didn't separate the men from the women malaise Oct 2018 #20

Well.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2018 #18

You can't tell the difference between salvaging and looting? whopis01 Oct 2018 #19

Where's that pesky reporter informing them that they are looting? Catherine Vincent Oct 2018 #21

What a difference some melanin-deficiency makes. Yes, I remember Katrina excruciatingly. nt Hekate Oct 2018 #22

White entitlement encourages taking what they want from anyone IronLionZion Oct 2018 #23

Yeah, I saw a similar photo and immediately thought of how after Katrina they called that "looting." Nitram Oct 2018 #24

It's a picture with two people in it. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #26

katrina was used as a political tool - cheney rove withheld fed support knowing they could blame certainot Oct 2018 #28

Any goods insured cannot be sold later. rickford66 Oct 2018 #30

I worked for Whole Foods during Katrina TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #33

TraderJoe's homegirl Oct 2018 #34

It's great when companies voluntarily provide goods TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #36

Sanat Rosa homegirl Oct 2018 #55

That's one of the perks of living in a big city TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #56

That seems like the best way to handle it. Good for them. rickford66 Oct 2018 #42

Depends on the insurance company TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #53

Thank you for that True Blue American Oct 2018 #44

Looks like there is water damage? LisaL Oct 2018 #31

White people scavenge Black people loot. Buzz cook Oct 2018 #35

Well you see, there's white the difference between the two hurricanes ck4829 Oct 2018 #37

IMO: Looting is when someone breaks a window carries out a tv. rickyhall Oct 2018 #43

Right! True Blue American Oct 2018 #45

Of course, but too often the word used for black people is "looting"... brush Oct 2018 #48

Exactly! lunatica Oct 2018 #51

Many of these people can't get near where stores Hortensis Oct 2018 #52

K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #54