<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/1/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Wendy Lyon</b> <<a href="mailto:wendy.lyon@gmail.com">wendy.lyon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Haven't been following all the hurricane threads so forgive me if I<br>missed this, but Irish news has just reported that NO police are<br>following a shoot-to-kill policy for looters. Is this true?</blockquote><div><br>
I've heard conflicting coverage of this but doubt it. It would appear,
unsurprisingly , the media has blown the violence angle out of
proportion. Just watching Fox who went to Charity Hospital for a report
on it being surrounded by looters, the nurse there describing the
situation said the hospital was surrounded by five foot deep water
floating with hazhardous waste and oil slicks, also guarding the
perimeter were police with shotguns. A few people had tried to enter
the hospital looking for food and shelter but had been turned away-
that was the extent of looting. On returning to the studio our bubble
head said dis approvingly ' you'd think they'd leave a hospital
'(paraphrasing obviously but almost word for word) Totally conflicting
with the actual on scene report. I've mainly been switching
between fox and msnbc both absolutely ridiculous with coverage but fox
is laughable or would be if it wasn't so sad and misleading.<br>
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Gary?<br>
ride si sapis<br>
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