Agreed, and it could have been people who were short on food and genuinely needed it (I think your life saving drug example is probably even better than food). It also might have been common criminals taking advantage of a disaster. I just don’t see a reason to pile on this reporter over calling the cops. Seems…

I think what people should do is consider the context before they make moral judgments. But then, I’m a decent person.

Sure, and all the people calling in to report people speeding through the streets, ignoring stop signs, jaywalking, smoking within 25 feet of a building entrance, etc. are extremely helpful during this natural disaster.

You know, I’m going to have to disagree with the pharmacy raiding being a “non-necessity.” My husband’s a type 1 diabetic. I’m bipolar. If we weren’t able to grab our meds/insulin/pump supplies/needles in time (which, I hope we’d be able to) or if they got waterlogged when we were trying to get out and up to higher…

That situation is exactly the same! Here’s your totally not false equivalency trophy.

I know you posted this to be like, SEEE THE NEGROS ARE STEALING!!!!!111!!!

I would like to imagine the average cop responding as thus, “Uh, who cares? They’re taking food, not TVs.”

Hopefully the authorities laughed in his face and told him they had real work to do.