The origin of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' is the notoriously racist Miami chief of police Walter Headley, from 1967.
He's quoting the wrong side of the civil rights movement. Miami, 1967.
Got another great quote from a famous racist the president can use tonight if he's still up
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