{"id":82221,"date":"2017-08-28T17:23:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T21:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82221"},"modified":"2017-08-28T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T21:25:26","slug":"looting-begins-in-houston-as-distracted-police-rescue-over-2000-from-floodwaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82221","title":{"rendered":"Looting Begins In Houston As Distracted Police Rescue Over 2,000 From Floodwaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>With Houston&#8217;s police force desperately spread across the city, having rescued an estimated 2,000 people so far from floodwaters,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/abc13.com\/2350439\/\">Houston PD Chief Art Acevedo<\/a>\u00a0has announced that Houston PD officers have arrested looters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While the scenes of devastation across Houston are depressing, the following clip could be the most depressing&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(1)<\/p>\n<p>Looting at Get directions<br \/>\nTidwell Rd &amp; Homestead Rd, Houston, TX 77016.<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpTrain45Pac\">@TrumpTrain45Pac<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1fuY9G9ejg\">pic.twitter.com\/1fuY9G9ejg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VM (@myhtopoeic) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/myhtopoeic\/status\/901975791784873984\">August 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video shows\u00a0<strong>two males carrying televisions over their heads<\/strong>. It is not clear which store the goods were stolen from.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some people thought they&#39;d loot and find themselves in jail thanks to the men and women of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@houstonpolice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtAcevedo\/status\/901917590548869123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivesmatter.blue\/video-houston-water-people-start-looting\/\">Blue Lives Matter reports<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>the city of Houston is facing catastrophic flooding, which looters see as an opportunity.\u00a0<\/strong>Houston PD Chief Art Acevedo has announced that Houston PD officers have arrested looters, but it\u2019s not clear if the arrested looters are related to the people looting in the video. The exact location of the looting is not clear, but some of it is taking place in a Family Dollar store.<\/p>\n<p>Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez\u200f reassured Houstonians early Monday that the county jail remains open and deputies are patrolling the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\u00a0<strong>\u201cTo crooks out there, be warned! No looting &amp; burglaries,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Gonzalez tweeted.<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe will not have it. My jail is open and you will be arrested &amp; charged.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Houston police dispatched officers on boats that were sent through streets\u00a0<\/strong>where the floodwater reached the pumps at gas stations, and officials said they had conducted waves of rescue operations.<strong>\u00a0While urging residents to stay off the roads, police have asked people with high-water vehicles and boats to assist in rescue efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Houston, the fire department responded to more 4,000 water-related calls for service.\u00a0<strong>Police rescued 2,000 people in the city, and another 185 critical rescue requests were still pending,<\/strong>\u00a0Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief, said at a news briefing Monday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/abc13.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=2350426\" width=\"476\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;The goal is rescue,&#8221; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at the briefing. &#8220;That&#8217;s the major focus for the day.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given Texas gun laws, we suggest looters be more than a little wary. However, as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-weather\/hurricaneharvey\/article\/Houston-hunkers-to-Harvey-braces-for-long-storm-12003388.php\">Chorn reports,<\/a>\u00a0several areas are now facing mandatory evacuations.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-28\/looting-begins-houston-distracted-police-rescue-over-2000-floodwaters\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-28\/looting-begins-houston-distracted-police-rescue-over-2000-floodwaters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}