Authorities start anti-looting campaign in the aftermath of Sandy

Published time: October 30, 2012 15:54
Edited time: October 31, 2012 14:05
A rescue worker carries a boy on his back as emergency personnel rescue residents from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey October 30, 2012. (Reuters/Adam Hunger)

Firefighters in Philadelphia rescued a man from the rubble of a three-story building brought down as Hurricane Sandy swept through the East Coast, only for authorities to arrest him immediately on suspicion of looting.

An unidentified man was arrested for disorderly conduct in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania late Monday after emergency workers reporting to the scene of a collapsed building found him buried beneath the structure. After being rescued, however, the suspect was ushered away by police, who suspected him of attempting to loot the site for copper and other items that could be sold.

Officers tell a local NBC affiliate that the man would be charged with disorderly conduct.

The downed building in North Philly was one of the largest losses in the area — structurally speaking — in the wake of Sandy, a freakish frakenstorm that battered down on the East Coast on Monday. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokeswomen Ruth Miller confirmed to the Associated Press late Monday evening that the storm had so far been responsible for no fewer than two deaths, and as of Tuesday morning more than 1.2 million electric customers across the state were still without power.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter had ordered the continued shut-down of the city’s schools and mass transit system on Tuesday as residents began to assess damages in the aftermath of a storm that has left millions in the dark from North Carolina through New England. In West Virginia, the storm even brought upwards of 17 inches of snow to some parts of the state.

So far, though, the single arrest in Philadelphia has been the only reported case of looting during or after the superstorm, but authorities in some major cities say they are prepared for more. SeanMichael Pagano, an investigator with the New York State Police Department, tells Lacrosse Magazine that he has been moved to the force’s "anti-looting patrol" instead of handling his usual assignments in the wake of the storm.

“People usually don't loot in the middle of a hurricane – they wait until the end – but the weather is kind of crazy,” he tells the magazine.

Much of New York City remains without power early Tuesday, leaving alarm systems and surveillance cameras unable to catch any would-be looters looking to take advantage of shops and homes hit by the storm.

On the island of Jamaica, police ordered 48-hour curfews in major towns to try and keep people off the streets and deter looting during and after the storm rolled through, reports the AP.

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exposejesuits 03.11.2012 00:56

The Jewish Mafia appears to be sending out their crews to mingle with New York City's street gangs to burglarize certain business's to commit fraud on their insurance claims. They did the same during the 9/11 attack with false death claims by multiple Jewish Rabbi's being discovered as utterly fraudulent claims, but many went thru making the MoneyChangers Millions.                                                " I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from the insidious influence and impenetration. That menace, gentelman, is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great number, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not assimulated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation was founded by oblecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within a state; and Portugal. For over 1700 years, the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, as they call Palestine. But, gentelman, did the world give it to them in fee simple,they would at once find some reason for not returning. Why? Because they are vampires, and vampires do not live on vampires. They cannot live only amongst themselves. They must subsist on Christians and other people not of their race. If you do not exclude them from these United States in the Constitution, in less than 200 years they will have swarmed here in such great numbers that they will dominate and devour the land, and change our form of government, for which we Americans have shed our blood, given our lives, our substance, and jeopardize our liberty. If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them substance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, gentelman, if you do not exclude the jews for all time, your children will curse you in your grave. Jews, gentelmen, are Asiatics, let them be born where they will or how many generations they are away from Asia, they will never be otherwise. Their ideas do not conform to an American's and will not even though they live among us ten generations. A leopard cannot change its spots. Jews are Asiatic, are a menace to this country if permitted entrance, and should be excluded by this Constitutional Convention."

Benjamin Franklin

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SNAFU (unregistered) 30.10.2012 23:41

The no-goods around here love being out on nights that are very strange nights to be out. Almost every time we have downpours or high winds at night, I hear voices or noises on the street that aren't usually there, almost without exception young black males. They love it when the electric is off.

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Just_Saying (unregistered) 30.10.2012 22:21

Kihnu (unregistered) wrote in #9 When the massive Tsunami hit Japan, the people peacefully and diligently went about helping one another and rebuilding their communities.When hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, mobs of wild negroes terrorize the residents as they broke into homes and business to loot, attack, and vandalize.                                Today, there are reports coming in that mobs of wild negroes are again behaving in the same manner and that national guard troops have been called out to protect the civilized society from these rampaging negroes.And, America has the audacity and arrogance to call herself "America, The Beautiful". My advice to the residents of the east coast of US when they see mobs of negroes coming into their neighborhoods waving clubs in the air and foaming at the mouths, is to load their shotguns and blast away. ........... .................... .................... .................... ..............Has someone been watching too many movies? "...when they see mobs of negroes coming into their neighborhoods waving clubs in the air and foaming at the mouths...". Yup. That happens all the time around here .

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