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yeoman6987

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2. I think they were smart to let the emotion to settle down some

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:29 AM

Aug 2014

The population of the city was very upset and wanted to show that. The police getting involved would have made it worse and possibly cause some deaths. Now that things have settled (SOME), now they can analyze everything and arrest those that looted the stores and homes.

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That first day the police stood by and watched people loot. Sunlei Aug 2014 #1

I think they were smart to let the emotion to settle down some yeoman6987 Aug 2014 #2

They could have parked and stood in front of the store district, instead of in peoples faces. Sunlei Aug 2014 #3