to shoot! or not to shoot!

[ghost stalker]

should officers be shooting at these looters in the devistated areas? now i'm not saying shoot a kid with a loaf of bread but a guy with a fist full of jewlry, a gang banger with an arm load of guns or a punk with a backpack full of audio equipment. even a person with a T-shirt jeans and a pair of gum boots is obviously just trying to survive. it's the people who are trying to get personal gain out of this. not so much the stores they hit but the houses they ransack and the people they mug or rape. i got into it with my wife and we don't see eye to eye. i think that if your not gonna help then get the F out of the way and don't hamper rescues by shooting and looting. just my 2 cents and they don't mean a damn.