Looting by NOPD Officers

I am total shock last night to be watching the disaster coverage on MSNBC when I see footage of the looting of a Wal Mart in New Orleans. First off I am disgusted by the people who are stealing flat screen tv's and jewelry but I was really disgusted by seeing two female New Orleans Police officers walking around filling up a shopping cart. The cart did not contain necessities like food or even maybe office supplies, it contained shoes, clothes and I think a microwave oven.

When the reporter asked one of the officers (who was wearing sunglasses and was not wearing a name tag by the way) what they were doing she said "watching out for looters." When the reporter asked her if the was going to do anything about it, her reply was "no." Then when the reporter asked about her looting, she threatened to arrest the reporter for looting and told him that since he was in the store, he was "looting." Then she continued "shopping."

This just turns my stomach that people can act with such careless disregard. I know this is a very small percentage of the general population of the New Orleans Metro area but I am still disgusted by it.

By the way, kudos to Wal Mart manager for opening the doors in the first place to let people gather necessary items that they needed. I haven't been a big Wal Mart fan for quite a while but at least they did the right thing, even though some of the people whom they were trying to help did not...