Just got in touch with my former classmate and friend who works in Baltimore. She said it is okay in downtown. It's mainly the north-west area of the city, where most black people live, that is dangerous and chaotic at the moment.
I sense that anyone in such an oppressed climate and environment, would more appropriately describe this, and many other similar situations as an uprising, (understandable and legitimate), rather than using the pejorative term, "riot".
I sense that anyone in such an oppressed climate and environment, would more appropriately describe this, and many other similar situations as an uprising, (understandable and legitimate), rather than using the pejorative term, "riot".
More importantly how is it that Simon Francis can be so poor for us and yet do so well at Bournemouth?
There are way and means of making a noise and this is not that. In fact it has been gratuitous theft, violence against police and vandalism. Like the London riots
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested? How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street? 2) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
I sense that anyone in such an oppressed climate and environment, would more appropriately describe this, and many other similar situations as an uprising, (understandable and legitimate), rather than using the pejorative term, "riot".
Nothing like a bit of looting to help the uprising.
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested?
2) How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street?
2 3) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
i have never understood riots. People claim that they riot because of poor living conditions mainly, yet the first thing they do is smash up the place. A good example was in Woolwich. One of the first things they did was burn down the only decent pub in the town after moaning the town was a dump, thus making it worse. They loot all the local shops, which many are localy owned, so a lot wont return or reopen, making the town or city worse. I just cant get my head around riots!
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested?
2) How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street?
2 3) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested?
2) How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street?
2 3) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
that's 3 points...
1. Investigation is ongoing, arrests are expected locally.
2. Considering the number of arrests, there are very few incidents of injury caused by the police.
I sense that anyone in such an oppressed climate and environment, would more appropriately describe this, and many other similar situations as an uprising, (understandable and legitimate), rather than using the pejorative term, "riot".
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested?
2) How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street?
2 3) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
that's 3 points...
That's all you got from that?
Yeah I can't really weigh in on this subject stating 'those police officers should be arrested' as I was not there to witness what occurred and I don't know what the reason for the riots is?
As it appears a man hurt his back trying to escape police, gets caught, gets put in a cell, dies the next day. The only thing that appears to have not happened is a medic called to check over Freddie Gray when he complained of his injuries.
The riots however appear to not be because people are dying in police custody...
If it was the rioters wouldn't have burnt down a church or stolen from stores causing unacceptable damage and cost to the U.S taxpayers as they go.
WASHINGTON — In response to Twitter chatter concerning Saturday’s protests in Baltimore, which shut down traffic in some areas of the city and forced some fans to stay inside Oriole Park for their safety even after the baseball game was over, Orioles Executive Vice President John Angelos, son of majority owner Peter Angelos, had this to say on his Twitter account:
(Tweets have been edited together for cohesion)
“Brett, speaking only for myself, I agree with your point that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society. MLK, Gandhi, Mandela, and all great opposition leaders throughout history have always preached this precept. Further, it is critical that in any democracy investigation must be completed and due process must be honored before any government or police members are judged responsible.
That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night’s property damage nor upon the acts, but is focused rather upon the past four-decade period during which an American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the U.S. to third-world dictatorships like China and others, plunged tens of millions of good hard-working Americans into economic devastation, and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American’s civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an ever-declining standard of living and suffering at the butt end of an ever-more militarized and aggressive surveillance state.
The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the Bill of Rights by government pay the true price, an ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the importance of any kids’ game played tonight, or ever, at Camden Yards. We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the U.S., and while we are thankful no one was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don’t have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights, and this makes inconvenience at a ball game irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans.”
Steve Davis, of WNEW’s sister station 105.7 The Fan, reports that individuals who had tickets to Saturday’s game will be allowed to exchange them for a future game.
Saturday’s protests stemmed from the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who sustained a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody earlier this month and died as a result of that injury on April 19, one week after his arrest.
As a resident of the Baltimore area since 1988, this is my view of the current situation here, if anyone is interested. I find the uninformed opinions of some posters on here annoying, and I find it difficult to imagine where they get their information. The Baltimore City economy used to be based on the steel, shipbuilding, auto assembly and port industries, and further back, spices. The prevailing view was that a formal education was not necessary as there were always plenty of jobs available in those industries. The economy here has now almost completely changed over to the BioTech and healthcare, industries where an advanced education is almost always necessary. Unfortunately the mindset hasn't changed, the prevailing opinion is still that an education is not necessary. I have interviewed many of these kids looking for jobs, they are often unemployable, in a city that spends $18,000 dollars per pupil per year to educate, one of the highest figures in the entire U.S., and a figure that is so high it is nonsensical. These kids often cannot read or write, have multiple convictions for violent crimes, and cannot pass a drug test. At present, the Mayor of Baltimore is black, the police chief is black, the School Superindendent is black, the majority of the police are black, the President is black, the present and past Attorneys General of the U.S. are black, so who is oppressing these people? The people holding these "kids" down are themselves,
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I sense that anyone in such an oppressed climate and environment, would more appropriately describe this, and many other similar situations as an uprising, (understandable and legitimate), rather than using the pejorative term, "riot".
Just like London, alot of opportunist scum have used the death of a young black male to go out stealing and causing damage.
There are way and means of making a noise and this is not that. In fact it has been gratuitous theft, violence against police and vandalism. Like the London riots
1) Why the Police men in question have not been arrested? How can there be so many high profile cases of young black men being killed by Police either in Custody or in the street?
2) Why the young black community seem to think it's acceptable to riot and use this as an excuse? It doesn't help the cause, it makes tensions worse within the community and the media will have a field day with it.
People claim that they riot because of poor living conditions mainly, yet the first thing they do is smash up the place. A good example was in Woolwich. One of the first things they did was burn down the only decent pub in the town after moaning the town was a dump, thus making it worse. They loot all the local shops, which many are localy owned, so a lot wont return or reopen, making the town or city worse.
I just cant get my head around riots!
2. Considering the number of arrests, there are very few incidents of injury caused by the police.
3. Because they don't think.
It's never been the same since Omar moved to Community to be a teacher.
As it appears a man hurt his back trying to escape police, gets caught, gets put in a cell, dies the next day. The only thing that appears to have not happened is a medic called to check over Freddie Gray when he complained of his injuries.
The riots however appear to not be because people are dying in police custody...
If it was the rioters wouldn't have burnt down a church or stolen from stores causing unacceptable damage and cost to the U.S taxpayers as they go.
From cbslocal.com
WASHINGTON — In response to Twitter chatter concerning Saturday’s protests in Baltimore, which shut down traffic in some areas of the city and forced some fans to stay inside Oriole Park for their safety even after the baseball game was over, Orioles Executive Vice President John Angelos, son of majority owner Peter Angelos, had this to say on his Twitter account:
(Tweets have been edited together for cohesion)
“Brett, speaking only for myself, I agree with your point that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society. MLK, Gandhi, Mandela, and all great opposition leaders throughout history have always preached this precept. Further, it is critical that in any democracy investigation must be completed and due process must be honored before any government or police members are judged responsible.
That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night’s property damage nor upon the acts, but is focused rather upon the past four-decade period during which an American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the U.S. to third-world dictatorships like China and others, plunged tens of millions of good hard-working Americans into economic devastation, and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American’s civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an ever-declining standard of living and suffering at the butt end of an ever-more militarized and aggressive surveillance state.
The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the Bill of Rights by government pay the true price, an ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the importance of any kids’ game played tonight, or ever, at Camden Yards. We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the U.S., and while we are thankful no one was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don’t have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights, and this makes inconvenience at a ball game irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans.”
Steve Davis, of WNEW’s sister station 105.7 The Fan, reports that individuals who had tickets to Saturday’s game will be allowed to exchange them for a future game.
Saturday’s protests stemmed from the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who sustained a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody earlier this month and died as a result of that injury on April 19, one week after his arrest.
I find the uninformed opinions of some posters on here annoying, and I find it difficult to imagine where they get their information.
The Baltimore City economy used to be based on the steel, shipbuilding, auto assembly and port industries, and further back, spices.
The prevailing view was that a formal education was not necessary as there were always plenty of jobs available in those industries.
The economy here has now almost completely changed over to the BioTech and healthcare, industries where an advanced education is almost
always necessary. Unfortunately the mindset hasn't changed, the prevailing opinion is still that an education is not necessary.
I have interviewed many of these kids looking for jobs, they are often unemployable, in a city that spends $18,000 dollars per pupil per year
to educate, one of the highest figures in the entire U.S., and a figure that is so high it is nonsensical. These kids often cannot read or write, have
multiple convictions for violent crimes, and cannot pass a drug test.
At present, the Mayor of Baltimore is black, the police chief is black, the School Superindendent is black, the majority of the
police are black, the President is black, the present and past Attorneys General of the U.S. are black, so who is oppressing these people?
The people holding these "kids" down are themselves,