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A man found in the rubble of a storm-lashed building in Philadelphia was a suspected looter looking for items to sell, police told NBC10.
While firefighters were on the scene of three-story building collapse they found a man who was then arrested for disorderly conduct.
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The incident happened in Cumberland Street in North Philadelphia. Investigators say an abandoned building collapsed. No one was hurt.
NBC10 cameras rolled as firemen stood at the scene. As they were talking among themselves, a sound was heard from beneath the rubble. When they went to investigate, they found a man underneath. The firemen pulled the man out and took him to police.
Police told NBC10 reporter John Clark that they believed the man was underneath the wreckage looting and looking for items to sell, such as copper. The man was arrested and will be charged with disorderly conduct, according to police.
The cause of the collapse is being investigated.
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Sounds like poetic justice! Looters will emerge and partake in the "blue light specials" and thrive off of other peoples misery. Good news was this building that collapsed was already abandoned!
Looters are some of the most disgusting people on the planet. To take advantage of a disaster in this way is beneath contempt. I think that we need to adopt the stance many other countries have towards looters and just shoot them on sight or as a minimum make it legal for the owner of a property to do so.
POS should enjoy a lifetime in prison!
gm jack
They shoot looters for a reason ..... and a good one at that. If you want to profit from the misery of others, sell them generators and blankets. Don't steal their stuff. That not only shows lack of morals (which is also evident in the profiteers), but lack of imagination.
gm Bill
Seems the "best" of society is starting the "occupations" early - during the storm - I guess "why wait" attitude is the motivating factor!
an abandoned building this guy is UNDER the ruble....kind of a long way to go to associate this with looting...scrapping yes ..looting.... not so much so....YET...
GM jack and bill
Looters will emerge and partake in the "blue light specials" and thrive off of other peoples misery.
To take advantage of a disaster in this way is beneath contempt.
Both of you are correct!! Looters are despicable! Sandy is still swirling and already the gas companies--they say--are raising prices nationwide IN ANTICIPATION of service disrupts in the Northeast. We all know this is bullsh*t! The gas companies are raising prices to cover sales "losses." The fact is gas corporations should be using their unlimited profits to HELP the people in the Northeast. Bet you won't see that! The man pulled from the rubble and gas company officials are exactly the same!!
Who says those on welfare aren't willing to work? They stand on street corners operating their free-lance pharmacies dispensing unprescribed medications to those in need and also relieve the valuable items from the wreckage of those that departed for safer environs. The "abandoned" property being redistributed is keeping the insurance adjusters gainfully employed.
In no way should this guy be considered lazy - somebody had to be the first to start the whole looting effort. Get there first and get the best selection - just like it was a christmas sale.
great job "thinker"................:)
gm Tramp,
Agreed. Thinker is a kindred spirit.
In Florida, after a hurricane, you can hear warnings on the radio and tvs that looters on the beach can and will be SHOT, on site, by law enforcement.
Someone always gets shot looting during these tragic times.
Looters deserve to be shot on site. I have been in several hurricanes in Florida...and those are the facts jack.
@ Shosyn - (Grammar Nazi alert!) - Looters are shot on SIGHT at the SITE. ;-p
Looters are like alligators " chute 'em ".
Look at the picture of the scumbag. 100% typical!
Nah, he's just a small business owner, entrepreneur, and job creator. Just "taking personal responsibility and care for himself".
They will throw this "looter" in jail and throw away the key for his injustices on humanity!
Meanwhile, Wall Street thugs stole trillions of dollars, and not one of them have been prosecuted.
Where is Americas sense of justice?
Two wrongs don't make a right, but if a poor man is hungry and can't find work, then he will do whatever to survive.
Billionaires raping the government to shore up their offshore accounts is a whole different chapter.
"NBC10 cameras rolled as fireman stood at the scene." Oh, the heart stopping bravery! This is a non-story; an advertisement for NBC10 which mentioned itself three times in 150 words. But never mind, let's get on with the killing. Because whenever I read something as convincing as this: "Police told NBC10 reporter John Clark that they believed the man was underneath the wreckage looting...," I'm ready to kill. I don't know what the police actually said because NBC10 reporter John Clark doesn't quote anyone in this advertisement, but if he says police believed it then I am ready to kill. Do I need more evidence, or some? No I don't, but just look at him. I'm not as willing as some writers have gone to say his appearance is 100% typical. To me it is just 94.6% typical, but I would kill him just the same. Here is a good rule: If you find someone under some rubble and his appearance is more than 87.6% typical, and if an NBC10 news advertisement reports an arrest by saying police believe something, and even if NBC10 fails to tell us exactly what the police really said, then kill him. Otherwise, it's probably your Aunt Margaret under the rubble. We've always had doubts about her so if you kill her anyway, I will understand. Her appearance has never been top notch -what the heck.
One more thing. I know you are going to call me a racist because I'm killing someone based on appearance. Just to let you know; there is no such thing as racism now; unless you call me a racist; in which case you are a racist. Clear?
stone trouble: LOL, nice rant, "clear ?"...
Reality check, this was probably some out of work and homeless person, just trying to get by, doing whatever he can to keep himself alive. Suddenly the building he was staying in collapses around him and he finds himself buried under the rubble. If he had a hard hat on, the TV station probably would have said, "Probable construction worker caught in building collapse." The reporter really has no idea who the guy is, probably does not care, as long as he got his headline.
Arrest him for what? He was just making the clean up crew's job easier whenever they plan to clean that up in 20 or 30 years.
technically he may have been stealing ...but after this storm, pretty small potato's.....
its daylight now, so im betting the big time looting takes place tonight.
gm Scooter
I am sure, with all of the power outages in the NE part of the country, it will be plenty dark after sunset - and the "games" will begin! Also, shades of the power outage in NYC/NE of 1965! 9 months later a "gazillion" babies were born!,
kinda what i figure, i remember the 65 fiasco, looting rioting etc. looks about the same, but as far as the kids well different times, people took pide and even had a FEW morals back then. now they don't need special situations. breed baby breed has become standard for far to many. you know what i mean, 1 "mother" 6-8 kids numerous "fathers" followed by sec 8 housing food stamps welfare, govt handouts that was considered belittling and shameful in our time is now held up proudly and called "redistributing"
The REAL looting begins when the Claims Adjuster shows up.................
and gives em a teddy Bear like the insurance spokesman said during a commercial that aired during last nights CBS special report" on the destruction of sandy?
So the Teddy Bear makes victims feel better when State Farm rejects their claims and starts raising rates to pay for Sandy?
Interesting that there is nothing on why the police "believed" he was there with intent to steal, as opposed to perhaps just looking for shelter from the storm. After Katrina the cops shot at and arrested "looters" who turned out not to be -- any person with dark skin was automatically branded a "looter," regardless of facts. Hope that's not the case here, even though it makes for the kind of news people expect to read.
Quit making excuses rugbymom. It doesn't take a genuis to see that someones a looter. Like for instance if someone is looking for shelter why would they be carrying around a bunch of electronics and clothes. The reality is blacks tend to loot more than others in situations like this. I know people are going to be up in arms over that statement but anyone who doesn't see through the tainted lens of political correctness can obviously see this. Unfortunately reality doesn't bend to some peoples ideal view of racial equality.
Good thing reading comprehension isnt your strong suit! Had he been a resident, he would have called out for help.
Did you WATCH the videos of the blacks running away from stores loaded down with goods? I guess you think the stores were open in the middle of a hurricane and just ran out of bags? Please!
Quit showing you bigotry michelle123abc,
The story mentioned nothing about "a bunch of electronics and clothes". All it said was that he was found in a collapsed, abandoned building. Where would he have gotten the loot you mentioned from an abandoned building, creep.
FedupwithFed,
The people that were shot during Katrina, as mentioned by Rugbymom in RI, were never filmed "running away from stores loaded down with goods" as you claim. They were found to have been innocent, while the cops were the loose cannons. Check you own reading comprehension before you berate others.
michelle123abc - Why would anyone look for shelter under rubble, Einstein?
Looters are limited to a particular race but blacks were not a minority in New Orleans so you figure out whart the odds of a black looter are in NO. But since you brought it up, what race did the looting in the LA riots after the Rodney King trial before the Koreans started shooting them? What was the race of the looters that were waving to the media in the helicopters flying over NO after Katrina? Guys hauling off full racks of womens clothing, two guys hauling off a bid screen TV (gonna catch rthe news as soon as electricity is restored in a week), etc.
There are always looters and Katrina was the pivotal point because of their brazen attitude. The poor stay behind during any natural disaster and risk injury hoping for a profitable haul because the others leave and "just claim it on their insurance".
Does racial equality mean that all races must be represented in the looter career field or that the looters should only be arrested in equal numbers or that one race should not be allowed to profit (by dollar value or quantity) from looting more than another? While looting is not limited to one race there are those who are irritated when the predominant race is identified. They consider that racism. Is it also racist to say that blacks dominate basketball and football?
check the news when it was reported that the blacks were looting, while the whites were "finding" necessities during katrina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1WjKpB-X8g
Hurricane Katrina Looters Walmart
If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck . . .
Just stop it RI Ruby: After a natural disaster everyone and I mean everyone carries their electronics around with them. And also stop with the race baiting. It is what it is.
You DO remember the looting in there dont you? It wasnt a figment of the anyone's imagination.
Maybe in the NE looters are primarily African American, but here in OKC it is whites that are endangering their own lives, as well as others when the strip copper from churches, schools, office buildings, and even power substations. I'd guess from the looks of a lot of them they were looking for a way to get more $$ for drugs such as meth, cocaine, and perhaps heroin. Yes, they even come out after disasters here also.
In other news, the government continues to loot hardworking people "legally" every other day of the year, but enough about that. How about that campaign funding?
Make his ass part of the clean up crew since he obviously wanted to get a jump on everybody......
now there is an excellent idea Mark....good job....you may have a cookie.
If Obama had a son ....
Racist bigot.
does that make Obama a racist for HIS comments? If I had a son....he would look just like Trayvon
FedupwithFed - you beat me to it!
Why does that make Obama a "racist" for stating a fact? I bet if a white girl was abducted and George bush had said something like that, it wouldn't have been given a second thought. Its funny, because this is the same crowd who is against political correctness.
Just following Chicago-style politics. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
They should have left him under the rubble since he got in the place on his own he should get himself out on his own. Why should people risk their lives for a POS
I'm totally surprised at the racist comments. I'm white, live in South Carolina, and can tell you that blacks are no more prone to looting than whites or hispanics.
As for the comments about President Obama. Disgusting.
This is a disaster, folks, not a time for racist or political comments. If that's all ayone is able to say on this thread, GTF off it and go troll Fox.
And no, I don't condone looting.I find it as disgusting as many of the comments here.
Feel better now Jackie? Why don't YOU go troll Fox??????
What racist comments?
He's one of only 2900 who didn't get caught. But he know his Rights...and he gets a free government lawyer..
He wasn't trapped in the rubble.. He looked quite spry for a "trapped" resident. Criminal for life I bet..
so do rats........
This guy is small potato's
now its Daylight on the east coast, the real looters are assessing the situation ( shopping ) right now. Tonight with no electricity, no alarms, and busy cops?.....well.......the vermin are real, they are out there, and they are dangerous. .......good luck east coast.
True. And since it's the East, progressive,Coast a lot of home owners will have no firearms. Here in Fl. after a Hurricane looters are shot.
Three little words for anyone who loots after this disaster: Shoot. On. Sight.
which of course will lead to three other words;
"arrest the cops"......
brought on by three other words;
" the two revs".........
sanctioned by;
" would look like".......
and up held by;
" no i.d. required" !!....
leaving the rest of us to wonder;
" WTF" ???..............
then whine complain and;
" post drivel here"........
rather then actually scream ;
" oh hell no" !!!........
and take ;
" our country back"......
From the ;
" loons in charge"....
By electing people who rather then "practice" law and react with knee-jerks actually;
" use there heads"...
But that's;
" just my opinion".....
Scooter,
My Goodness, you have just about covered it all Perhaps Charlie Mike Fox (phonetic alphabet for mil radio talk) or crazy m f'er!- for the unitiated. ;*)
Don't pull him out. Shoot him before he can get out of the rubble. He's just going to run off and loot some more...
He should be charged with Burglary/criminal tresspass and theft.
Shoot the looters. They are not worth keeping in society.
I hope the store owners will pull out the big guns and protect their stores. Shoot on site.
sadly most store owners heeded the law and left............whats left after that?.......
So, in the northeast theft is considered 'disorderly conduct', but walking around naked is a threat to cops and you can be shot!
Caught the special on cbs last night, and guess what....the refinery's "MIGHT" have some problems....big surprise eh? ..
so if / when BHO allows them to gouge people for NO reason... rather then put his foot down and declare you WONT take advantage of this..., like we know he wont.....what do you think will happen? And whats his excuse? he already made his "declarations" and told fema to go to work, everything else is mere photo-op, and trying his best to "look presidential"...wonder how many will even notice the difference between what he will do and what he should doing RIGHT NOW......
Hi, Scooter,
In my area, the hurricane didn't come near us and the gas prices were raised two days ago "in sympathy" for the East Coast, I guess...
GM pretty lady, just shot tfnj a mail as i havent seen him / her on here last couple days., hope ALL our vine friends are ok.
Who knows? If the guy was out in that weather, taking a chance on his life crawling around under a collapsed building looking for something to salvage and sell, in this economy, perhaps taking him to jail was doing him a favor.
It was an abandoned building, not a thriving business. He was taking a dangerous gamble on his life.
kinda what i figure as well, scrappers around here are out all the time, just trying to survive in this economy.
Hey, it's Mike Tyson!
Is this one of the " shovel ready " jobs Oblunder keeps yammering about???
yep he will be flying over shortly to survey the damage...and drop shovels, someone told him it would be a great photo op....and it will !! ......unless of course your on the ground.....:)
You can't fix stupid. This guy is a Darwin runner up at least. I bet he did not even say thank you to the Firemen that pulled his sorry butt from the building.
Why is it always a black person? Stereotypes will never go away if they are re-enforced time and time again. If the black people want things to change then they have to do it from the inside out. Pretty damn pathetic if you ask me. Not only robbing someone on their belongings that they paid for but taking advantage of a situation like a super storm to do it. They should have let his black ass die in that building.
Blacks commit about 70% of the crimes so odds are high it will be a black person committing the crime.
This scum should've been shot dead on site saving the taxpayers the cost of a trial and serve as a possible deterrent for others considering doing the same!