LA police warn of “scammers and looters” as fire death toll rises | BBC News



The authorities in Los Angeles warn that scammers and looters are taking advantage of victims of the wildfires that have …

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  1. I kept waiting to hear the stories about looting. I was hoping maybe the danger of the fires had been enough to scare even the looters out of the fire zone. As bad as these tragedies are, looters make it SO much worse than it needs to be. So many people are afraid to evacuate in a timely manner because they know doing so leaves their homes open to looters. Plus, emergency workers have to waste time arresting looters rather than focusing on putting out the fire even when they are stretched thin for workers. In addition, if the looters get in trouble with the fires, emergency workers may then have to risk their lives to save the lives of the looters. I wonder how many lives are lost directly or indirectly because of the looters. The fact that it results in so many more lives lost, I almost wonder if looting in these situations should be punished by the death penalty and if emergency workers should be told not to prioritize saving the lives of looters who deliberately stayed long past it was safe to stay in the area. I know that may sound harsh, but I suspect if these measures were passed it would deter a lot of looting in the first place. Obviously, if arrested it should be proven in a court of law that they were looting before they are executed. But families shouldn't have to choose between risking their lives and the lives of emergency workers to stay home and protect their possessions and choosing to do the right thing and evacuate immediately as soon as the danger is known.

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  2. Amazing how many condescending people don't take the time to actually educate themselves on the fact the United States is made up of 50 different states… Not counting territories. There is not one big city that all Americans live in and one standard of living for all. Then if you can lower your noses long enough to do that, you may actually find that the constant European and elsewhere mantra of all Americans support war , all Americans are rich and wont help others , all Americans this and that is not true. You may even learn there are very good reasons that California is ostracized by so many in this country because of their policies, you may actually learn that California intentionally sets its citizens up for catastrophies, yet as a whole the citizens of that state continually glory in their arrogant attitudes. I actually met some great people in my years working in California but by and large that state is a complete mess. I never read in any comments on news feeds from other nations about all the " Americans" trying to survive and provide for their families. Thr coal miners , construction workers , farmers, maids , etc. No according to the judgement of others we are all rich people who live in big cities , support war and never help anyone . Must be nice to be able to pass judgement without ever investing any energy to actually learn about those whom you judge . The person working two jobs in South Carolina to pay the bills is not the millionaire living in a mansion commiting tax fraud and not supporting their own communities. The person walking to work in the Appalachian mountains to feed their children is not the government spending our money on everyone except us. Part of North America contains 49 continuous states of the United States of America and roughly for 40-45 of those going from one to another is like stepping into a different country, literally.
    On a side note a salute to the people of Wales, your kindness and strength towards others over your history is still appreciated by many . From your school children who even in their own tough times thought of others and contributed to a memorial to children a world away who died in the bombing of the 16th Street church, to your dignity and resolve in the losses you have faced in disaster and otherwise. That was not related to this topic I know , but I have much respect for the Wales and just threw that in there . Anyway hope EVERYONE , regardless of where you are on this planet gets to have a least one moment of kindness in your day. Greetings from the Blue Ridge.

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  3. Allah is greater than America and Trump . Trump and his supporters threatened to open the gates of hell towards the Middle East and Allah challenged America and their silly snob president and told them “ never threaten anyone in the future with hell “ because I am the only one who should threaten evil people with hell “ Allah is great and human beings are week but they never learn lessons from the past.

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  4. Surah Yunus

    The example of the life of this world is like water which I send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it – of that which people and livestock eat – until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it by night or by day, and I make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We detail the signs for a people who are ignorant. They ponder (24)

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  5. MORE PROOF BEING WOKE DOES NOT MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT

    Sad – Canada sent Fire Fighters and Equipment to help with NuScums Fires , but guess what happened – They are in Sacramento right now getting their vehicles smog checked, and if they fail they can't be used.

    NYFD offered to help but was denied by Mayor the *ASS girl and instead asked Mexico for help, I guess there were too many White men in the NYFD.

    LAFD was defunded, DEI'ed and mis-managed, All the big Resoivors belong to the state, so NuSCUM, that *ASS Mayor, and the QTVEFSSETSE LA Fire Chief should be brought up on charges -Murder and Property Damage

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  6. Welcome to the new normal in LA. Now that these usual suspects learned that all they have to do is set the city on fire to be able to scare residents away in order to loot their possessions they will do this from now on on a regular basis and have already began

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