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A live broadcast from KTLA reporter Chip Yost on Jan. 8 confirmed this rumor was false and that the video users shared on X did not show looters. Yost’s report documented the same people pictured in the clip on X, identifying them as a group of family members and their friends who banded together to remove items from partially burned home occupied a woman, her three children, dogs and other animals. […]

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  • @hobovision@lemm.ee
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    52 months ago

    People need to stop glorifying those who ignore evacuation orders and get lucky. For all those you hear about getting lucky there’s a bunch that cause issues, get in the way, and take resources away from fighting the fires.

    • @glimse
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      12 months ago

      I am not glorifying them. I was showing an example of comraderie in the face of tragedy.