Police, residents loot New Orleans stores after storm
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Aug/20050831News017.asp
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"NEW ORLEANS - At first it just seemed that the Wal-Mart in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District was doing a very brisk post-hurricane business yesterday: The parking lot was full; people were leaving with brimming baskets; and city police and firefighters were there as if to oversee it all."