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RussBLib

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7. too many

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:32 PM

Jun 2020

but I do wonder if hard economic times and unemployment have anything to do with it.

On MSNBC the other day, the reporter in Santa Monica was saying that there seemed to be some communication between the looters. They knew where the cops were, so they knew they could go where the cops were not. As if some command center is telling them, OK! The coast is clear on 3rd Avenue. All the cops are on La Brea (making up street names). And then a lot of looters would flood in, smash windows, go in a grab as much as they could, until the cops started showing up.

That's kind of a scary thought. Organized crime, basically.

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Why Is It That So Many People Are Looting? [View all] DanieRains Jun 2020 OP

No job, no unemployment Lars39 Jun 2020 #1

A color TV or designer sneakers really help you survive... brooklynite Jun 2020 #13

Come down where the rest of us live. Lars39 Jun 2020 #15

Of stolen stuff? HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #23

Happens all the time Lars39 Jun 2020 #25

Really? I guess I'll have to keep a lookout the next time I go to one. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #30

Even when Kaepernick took a knee he still offended people JonLP24 Jun 2020 #31

I don't disagree. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #34

I'm against looting & stealing in general JonLP24 Jun 2020 #38

Pretty much exactly my point and how I feel about it. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #43

Must be a lot of yard sales going on. Tipperary Jun 2020 #32

A lot of people were living paycheck to paycheck Lars39 Jun 2020 #39

Loot a grocery store Watchfoxheadexplodes Jun 2020 #58

And that's probably happened too. Lars39 Jun 2020 #59

If I had to steal, I would not be stealing big screen TVs or multiple boxes of sneakers. Tipperary Jun 2020 #60

But might only feed your family for a meal or two Lars39 Jun 2020 #61

This. Tipperary Jun 2020 #33

Nailed it brooklynite Devil Child Jun 2020 #37

That doesn't justify stealing. A person can seek out charities, there are Blue_true Jun 2020 #41

"Where I live"...you don't live everywhere. Lars39 Jun 2020 #44

Doesn't matter. Poverty does not justify stealing. Blue_true Jun 2020 #47

You are speaking from privilege. Lars39 Jun 2020 #48

It Pays, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #2

Flee Markets work wonders to Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4

How many people are looting? nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #3

There's no official accounting from police or locals yet, so we might/might not know in the future. ancianita Jun 2020 #6

Here In Philadelphia RobinA Jun 2020 #54

Define "so many". maxsolomon Jun 2020 #5

too many RussBLib Jun 2020 #7

I take it you know why these looters loot, right? ancianita Jun 2020 #8

Looting via Super Pac MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #46

Totally. That last idea is great. Creating boundaries works against the whole taint on protesters. ancianita Jun 2020 #50

here bigtree Jun 2020 #9

Great post JonLP24 Jun 2020 #19

Why are you so shocked to learn there are criminals in our society? Mariana Jun 2020 #10

It's like someone in charge has planted seeds or something, but who would be that big an asshole? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #11

Did you see the snuff film? SideStep Jun 2020 #12

trump did nothing to prevent this, duforsure Jun 2020 #14

To create chaos in an attempt undermine a movement for human/civil rights tenderfoot Jun 2020 #16

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #20

Because they can bottomofthehill Jun 2020 #17

When leaders loot the Treasury and act lawlessly, why should people have to obey the law? berni_mccoy Jun 2020 #18

+1 ancianita Jun 2020 #51

Yeah, ... How dare those people loot without forming a corporation first !?!?!? uponit7771 Jun 2020 #21

Because injustice breeds chaos n/t budkin Jun 2020 #22

Bingo. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #45

Thanks DanieRains Jun 2020 #55

The thin threads of society come apart at times Beringia Jun 2020 #24

Sadly, I think that the looters and burners tavernier Jun 2020 #26

Biden is dominating in polling JonLP24 Jun 2020 #28

Biden has been dominating and well on his way tavernier Jun 2020 #42

This is what frightens me. Tipperary Jun 2020 #35

I disagree. If rightwing instigators are involved, and it looks like they are, Blue_true Jun 2020 #49

Like Russia? LeftInTX Jun 2020 #62

Hope you're right. tavernier Jun 2020 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author jmg257 Jun 2020 #27

Get the Looter In Chief and his crime family out of the White House. Paladin Jun 2020 #29

Opportunists, criminals and people disenfranchised by systemic racism. chowder66 Jun 2020 #36

Because there is a good sized number of people in this country Blue_true Jun 2020 #40

not to worry they are going to give all that stuff to their suffering fellow americans lol nt msongs Jun 2020 #52

Many of the looters are criminal gangs backscatter712 Jun 2020 #53

to me, riots, vandalism and looting all speak to the failure of the social contract 0rganism Jun 2020 #56

This is the best explanation I have heard... tonedevil Jun 2020 #57

Because many people are dishonest. The question is, though, exactly how many is "many"? Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #63