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'''Looting''' was the act of taking goods by force. | '''Looting''' was the act of taking goods by force. | ||
==History== | |||
In [[February]] [[1945]], [[Adam Wheeler]] was wrongfully [[arrest]]ed in [[Piccadilly]] on charges of looting when a [[Police officer|policeman]] saw him passing a [[bottle]] of [[whisky]] around orderlies evacuating a [[street]] struck by a [[V2 rocket]]. On [[8 May]], [[VE Day]], [[Winston Churchill]] raised the matter with the [[Secretary of State]] to have him released. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Churchill Victorious (audio story)|Churchill Victorious]]'') | In [[February]] [[1945]], [[Adam Wheeler]] was wrongfully [[arrest]]ed in [[Piccadilly]] on charges of looting when a [[Police officer|policeman]] saw him passing a [[bottle]] of [[whisky]] around orderlies evacuating a [[street]] struck by a [[V2 rocket]]. On [[8 May]], [[VE Day]], [[Winston Churchill]] raised the matter with the [[Secretary of State]] to have him released. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Churchill Victorious (audio story)|Churchill Victorious]]'') | ||
When [[dinosaur]]s began to appear in [[London]], several residents stayed behind to loot. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | When [[dinosaur]]s began to appear in [[London]], several residents stayed behind to loot. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | ||
Following the [[London UFO crash]] in [[March]] [[2006]], police [[reinforcement]]s were [[draft]]ed in from across [[Britain]] to control widespread [[panic]], looting and [[civil disturbance]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') | |||
After [[Plantagenet]] was taken by the [[Tractator]]s, social order on [[Frontios]] began to collapse and the colonists began to loot the colony's [[spacecraft]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'') | After [[Plantagenet]] was taken by the [[Tractator]]s, social order on [[Frontios]] began to collapse and the colonists began to loot the colony's [[spacecraft]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'') | ||
In an [[alternate timeline]], [[Varx]] and [[Piril]] took to looting the abandoned [[street]]s of [[Kiria City]] during the [[Harvest of Urbinia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daughter of the Gods (audio story)|Daughter of the Gods]]'') | In an [[alternate timeline]], [[Varx]] and [[Piril]] took to looting the abandoned [[street]]s of [[Kiria City]] during the [[Harvest of Urbinia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daughter of the Gods (audio story)|Daughter of the Gods]]'') | ||
[[Category:Theft and robbery]] | [[Category:Theft and robbery]] | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 20 March 2020
Looting was the act of taking goods by force.
History
In February 1945, Adam Wheeler was wrongfully arrested in Piccadilly on charges of looting when a policeman saw him passing a bottle of whisky around orderlies evacuating a street struck by a V2 rocket. On 8 May, VE Day, Winston Churchill raised the matter with the Secretary of State to have him released. (AUDIO: Churchill Victorious)
When dinosaurs began to appear in London, several residents stayed behind to loot. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
Following the London UFO crash in March 2006, police reinforcements were drafted in from across Britain to control widespread panic, looting and civil disturbance. (TV: Aliens of London)
After Plantagenet was taken by the Tractators, social order on Frontios began to collapse and the colonists began to loot the colony's spacecraft. (TV: Frontios)
In an alternate timeline, Varx and Piril took to looting the abandoned streets of Kiria City during the Harvest of Urbinia. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)
