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Some residents in queens, New York returned home after Thanksgiving to find their homes ransacked and burglarized.
Police say the bandits didn't go after big items like TV's but instead jewelry and cash.
Burglary victim Dorenda Bainbridge says, "How dare you kick us when we're down? Ya know, that's what you feel in your gut, you feel it deep inside you, it's such a wound."
In the immediate aftermath of Sandy there were reports of looting in hard hit areas from Staten Island to the Jersey Shore.
Some storm victims are warning would-be burglars they have guns and will use them if necessary.
The marginalised people of society exist constantly with being "kicked when down"