Posted October 15, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Right now, I’m a little sensitive when it comes to the topic of looting. After all, my hometown was devastated by Hurricane Michael. We didn’t get it as bad as some places, but we got hammered pretty good. If you wondered why there wasn’t a lot of content on Thursday, it’s because I had no power to write anything.

Now that I’m somewhere I can, though, the idea of someone taking stuff during a disaster infuriates me.

However, I get a nice chuckle knowing someone thought stealing a police car in the wake of Hurricane Michael, and that they got shot at for it.

Witness Landon Swett said a man tried to steal a police car.

“He yelled at me a little bit. He said, oh I’m looting and he opened the door to the police officer’s SUV with the lights going, got in it and shut the door,” said Swett.

That’s when Swett took his family to safety. Moments later, shots were fired.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Florida State Fire Marshall was involved in the shooting. Looting is rampant in other areas. Residents said broken doors and shattered windows are all that’s left of many …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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