@n64dd: Why are they never justified? I think it's faulty to presume a "one size fits all" is the correct way to frame the issue. It's not like these people were getting their voices heard prior to this. All throughout the internet I see attempts to dehumanize the rioters (even in this thread) with 0 attempt to critically think about WHY they are rioting, which is just reinforcing the fact that no one really cares about their situation. When you're stuck in a broken system this really is the last option you have and like @silkylove mentioned earlier in the thread there are instances where rioting has brought about positive changes.
Please learn this. There is a DIFFERENCE between knowing why they are rioting, and knowing rioting like this is wrong. Knowing the reason behind something doesn't give it justification. That's horrible logic, and is pure ignorance. They are hurting themselves, and others, destroying property and this will accomplish nothing. If you think mindless violence is a way to solve things, then you're part of the problem.
I never said this particular instance is justified, I said it depends on what you think. As of now I'm undecided because it's too early to have an opinion one way or the other. I also don't agree with you describing it as "mindless violence". I said earlier I think these riots are a direct response to the societal situation in Baltimore for certain communities.
There's a wrong and right point of view. If you think this mindless violence, because that's what it is, has the possibility of being justified than your moral compass is all out of whack. As @drunk_pi said, all this does is reinforce that more force is needed to keep the peace. I understand your need to want to know all the facts and not let passion dictate your view of this, but this is pretty cut and dry. You don't destroy your city, hurt the people trying to protect you and the people who are the "victims", burn churches, steal cars, throw burning garbage cans at the elderly and cut fire hoses that are being used to be putting out fires.
"Hurt the people trying to protect you?" If you are talking about the BPD then I don't think the majority of these rioters share your opinion of that department's function in that society.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you. Since you edited, I will too. Of course black lives matter. That's why I want the people to stop burning down the city and having it go into chaos ENDANGERING MORE BLACK LIVES.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters" managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
@ariabed: speaking of slavery, keep in mind black slaves were sold off by their own people.
My ancestors/relatives fought to free them as well in the north. There is still slavery going on in Africa to this day, but you don't seem to bring that up.
@ariabed: yes, black lives do matter. But how does rioting that prevents fires destroying black homes from hding put out and making it more difficult for 911 to get to sick and elderly blacks make their lives better?
The rioters are causing far more damage to black lives themselves than anyone else is.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
When we deploy “All Lives Matter” as to correct an intervention specifically created to address anti-blackness,, we lose the ways in which the state apparatus has built a program of genocide and repression mostly on the backs of Black people—beginning with the theft of millions of people for free labor—and then adapted it to control, murder, and profit off of other communities of color and immigrant communities. We perpetuate a level of White supremacist domination by reproducing a tired trope that we are all the same, rather than acknowledging that non-Black oppressed people in this country are both impacted by racism and domination, and simultaneously, BENEFIT from anti-black racism.
When you drop “Black” from the equation of whose lives matter, and then fail to acknowledge it came from somewhere, you further a legacy of erasing Black lives and Black contributions from our movement legacy. And consider whether or not when dropping the Black you are, intentionally or unintentionally, erasing Black folks from the conversation or homogenizing very different experiences. The legacy and prevalence of anti-Black racism and hetero-patriarchy is a lynch pin holding together this unsustainable economy. And that’s not an accidental analogy.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
As a black man it's really hard to denounce the looters when everyone else is slinging racial slurs at you.
It's like damn, we both share the same opinion about Baltimore's situation, but I'm backed into a corner having to defend my race.
Who's throwing racial slurs? If someone did drop the N bomb, is that reason enough to loot and burn? We just observed the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and other moments of the civil rights movement. I don't recall riots back then over obvious racial discrimination and violence while cities like Ferguson and Baltimore today riot over what ends up being lawful use of deadly force in Ferguson and what might be abuse in Baltimore by a small amount of police as a result of a crazy ride in a van.
As for you defending your race, if all you identify with is your race, then that's where the problem stems. Stop looking at the Freddie Gray situation as a black man and look at it as a man: guy with a record of 18 arrests, two in March alone for assault and drug possession. Does that look like a model citizen to you? I've never been arrested once and honorable Mr. Gray has been busted 18 TIMES and I'm the same age as him!
Did he deserve to die? No, but he needed some sense knocked into him.
There's no justification for burning and looting unless you want to turn a community into a third world nation. The chaos must stop.
@ariabed: speaking of slavery, keep in mind black slaves were sold off by their own people.
My ancestors/relatives fought to free them as well in the north. There is still slavery going on in Africa to this day, but you don't seem to bring that up.
For **** sake you want me to comment on ALL the injustices in the world gtfoh!
When we deploy “All Lives Matter” as to correct an intervention specifically created to address anti-blackness,, we lose the ways in which the state apparatus has built a program of genocide and repression mostly on the backs of Black people—beginning with the theft of millions of people for free labor—and then adapted it to control, murder, and profit off of other communities of color and immigrant communities. We perpetuate a level of White supremacist domination by reproducing a tired trope that we are all the same, rather than acknowledging that non-Black oppressed people in this country are both impacted by racism and domination, and simultaneously, BENEFIT from anti-black racism.
When you drop “Black” from the equation of whose lives matter, and then fail to acknowledge it came from somewhere, you further a legacy of erasing Black lives and Black contributions from our movement legacy. And consider whether or not when dropping the Black you are, intentionally or unintentionally, erasing Black folks from the conversation or homogenizing very different experiences. The legacy and prevalence of anti-Black racism and hetero-patriarchy is a lynch pin holding together this unsustainable economy. And that’s not an accidental analogy.
That's ok. I didn't mean it for you to read, as it was a reply to someone who is not you. Interesting to note that you dismiss something if it comes from a feminist website though. What's that about?
I'm simply tired of hearing it then seeing blacks kill each other over and over and over again. Would any of that matter if it were a black cop that cost this guy his life?...
@richietickles: oh, so they martyred another lowlife criminal. Black culture is at the root of their problems, not white men in suits chomping on cigars and pushing the buttons that run the world.
Stop glorifying ignorance and violence guys, it'd be a good first step.
When we deploy “All Lives Matter” as to correct an intervention specifically created to address anti-blackness,, we lose the ways in which the state apparatus has built a program of genocide and repression mostly on the backs of Black people—beginning with the theft of millions of people for free labor—and then adapted it to control, murder, and profit off of other communities of color and immigrant communities. We perpetuate a level of White supremacist domination by reproducing a tired trope that we are all the same, rather than acknowledging that non-Black oppressed people in this country are both impacted by racism and domination, and simultaneously, BENEFIT from anti-black racism.
When you drop “Black” from the equation of whose lives matter, and then fail to acknowledge it came from somewhere, you further a legacy of erasing Black lives and Black contributions from our movement legacy. And consider whether or not when dropping the Black you are, intentionally or unintentionally, erasing Black folks from the conversation or homogenizing very different experiences. The legacy and prevalence of anti-Black racism and hetero-patriarchy is a lynch pin holding together this unsustainable economy. And that’s not an accidental analogy.
Didn't even read it when I read it was from "thefeministwire".
I made it to "We perpetuate a level of White supremacist domination". Yes, because wanting the ENTIRE human race to act in a non-animalistic fashion means White supremacy. I'll be right back. Going to to the tattoo parlor to get some Swatiskas on my head.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
Twat!! I AM telling you about your comprehension, i clearly stated that the memories live on for the pain and death jews faced in the past and you replied,
"You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all."
That to me says you have zero reading comprehension.
That's ok. I didn't mean it for you to read, as it was a reply to someone who is not you. Interesting to note that you dismiss something if it comes from a feminist website though. What's that about?
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
Twat!! I AM telling you about your comprehension, i clearly stated that the memories live on for the pain and death jews faced in the past and you replied,
"You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all."
That to me says you have zero reading comprehension.
You know what... Please stop name calling. It's diluting any fucking sense you're trying to make. Grow up, please.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
Twat!! I AM telling you about your comprehension, i clearly stated that the memories live on for the pain and death jews faced in the past and you replied,
"You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all."
That to me says you have zero reading comprehension.
Slavery isn't even a memory for you. It's something you've read about. Thank you for proving my point even further. Name calling won't win you arguments either.
It is sad, but, back when I was young and living in Taiwan, I used to thought the word "black" was cool. Aka, awesome Michael Jackson, Whitney Huston, Michael Jordan, Will Smith, Tiger Woods, etc.
But, now I am living in USA. The dream is busted with riots, high crime rate, low education, advocates thug culture, and I have to call them African American, which makes me think more of uncool African than the cool Black.
It is sad. And I do not think this will change in the next 30 years because they advocates thug culture.
The problem??? The problem is they demand respect and yet unwilling to improve their themselves. Stuff like riots will just make other people dislike them even more and reaffirm the dislike again and again.
Sound like you've watched to much TV back in Taiwan.
Interesting that you can't read two paragraphs. It's just the woman who actually made the hashtag "blacklivesmatter" giving her opinion on the "alllivesmatter" correction that some people insist on making. I also don't see any point in which I or she called you a racist. We're just having a conversation about race so no need for swastika tattoos.
This might be an informative read for some people. Might explain why some of these conversations go way overboard, way fast:
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
Twat!! I AM telling you about your comprehension, i clearly stated that the memories live on for the pain and death jews faced in the past and you replied,
"You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all."
That to me says you have zero reading comprehension.
You know what... Please stop name calling. It's diluting any fucking sense you're trying to make. Grow up, please.
Who the **** are you, I'm fucking angry ok, angry at all of you guys lack of fucking understanding. Stop fucking telling people how they should feel how they should behave when they feel noone fucking cares.
@n64dd: "I'm Jewish and had relatives die in the holocaust, should I go to germany and start throwing shit all over?"
Fuckin dick! What a dumb fuckin statement, Let me see, are the jews still suffering at the hands of nazis germany?
No so why would you go to germany and "start throwing shit all over". Dumb ass.
If you don't get how i was using an extreme, as an example of you using an extreme, god help you.
@silkylove You had no police force enforcing anything for a good portion of today, and the "protesters managed to burn down a good portion of city and hurt innocent people.
your Retarded example is not the same. Yes the jews suffered and died but thats all over now, and only the memories of that horrible time live on.
But blacks have the memories of a horrible past and still have an on going fight on their hands. A fight for justice and a fight against racism.
You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all. They're "over" it now. lol? What about the whole middle east hating israel? Iran wanting to wipe it off the face of the earth?
Example stands. Often to spell out the obvious is to call it in question.
I think u lack reading comprehension, i said the memories of that horrible time live on for the jews.
Don't tell me me about reading comprehension when you can barely type out the english language.
So you remember what it was like to be a slave? Leave the slavery shit out of this because it has nothing to do with what is going on. Thank you for proving my point.
Watch that video that @ReadingRainbow4 posted. It's spot on.
Twat!! I AM telling you about your comprehension, i clearly stated that the memories live on for the pain and death jews faced in the past and you replied,
"You're right. Holocaust victims have no pain of the past at all."
That to me says you have zero reading comprehension.
Slavery isn't even a memory for you. It's something you've read about. Thank you for proving my point even further. Name calling won't win you arguments either.
Thats not the point i called you out on, i called you out for you're lack of reading comprehension which i clearly pointed out.
Who the **** are you, I'm fucking angry ok, angry at all of you guys lack of fucking understanding. Stop fucking telling people how they should feel how they should behave when they feel noone fucking cares.
Did I tell you not to feel angry? No. I told you to grow up. Be angry all you want, but CONTROL it. THINK for a minute before you hit that Submit button. It's not like yelling in someone's face where shit just flies from your mouth before you realize what you said. You know why you can't seem to get anyone to understand? Because you're acting juvenile and calling everyone names.
I'm surprised we made it to page 3 before somebody brought up slavery in Africa.
Was gonna happen eventually. I wonder if by the year 2357 slavery will still be the reason for problems in the black community.
LOL humans might be extinct by then.
Lmfao wooh!!! Yeh its all a big laugh ay its hilarious. Slavery happened no?
Cause and effect guys cause and effect.
I wonder if back in the day instead of enslaving blacks and miss treating them if blacks were brought over and actually given a fair go and given honest work and good pay and equal opportunities from the get go, i wonder how that would effect the behavior of blacks of today?
Who the **** are you, I'm fucking angry ok, angry at all of you guys lack of fucking understanding. Stop fucking telling people how they should feel how they should behave when they feel noone fucking cares.
Did I tell you not to feel angry? No. I told you to grow up. Be angry all you want, but CONTROL it. THINK for a minute before you hit that Submit button. It's not like yelling in someone's face where shit just flies from your mouth before you realize what you said. You know why you can't seem to get anyone to understand? Because you're acting juvenile and calling everyone names.
I'm surprised we made it to page 3 before somebody brought up slavery in Africa.
Was gonna happen eventually. I wonder if by the year 2357 slavery will still be the reason for problems in the black community.
LOL humans might be extinct by then.
Lmfao wooh!!! Yeh its all a big laugh ay its hilarious. Slavery happened no?
Cause and effect guys cause and effect.
I wonder if back in the day instead of enslaving blacks and miss treating them if blacks were brought over and actually given a fair go and given honest work and good pay and equal opportunities from the get go, i wonder how that would effect the behavior of blacks of today?
Just a little food for thought.
Let go of slavery. That happened over 150 years ago.
Btw, i support your right to be angry. Some shitty stuff is happening with some police. It isn't right, but hurting others and your own community is not the answer, and you know that.
I'm surprised we made it to page 3 before somebody brought up slavery in Africa.
Was gonna happen eventually. I wonder if by the year 2357 slavery will still be the reason for problems in the black community.
LOL humans might be extinct by then.
Lmfao wooh!!! Yeh its all a big laugh ay its hilarious. Slavery happened no?
Cause and effect guys cause and effect.
I wonder if back in the day instead of enslaving blacks and miss treating them if blacks were brought over and actually given a fair go and given honest work and good pay and equal opportunities from the get go, i wonder how that would effect the behavior of blacks of today?
Just a little food for thought.
You might be right. Slavery and oppression is the cause for the high amount of black on black crime. Slavery and oppression is the cause for poor education levels among black people. Slavery and oppression is the cause for the gangsta rap culture of disrespect.
You're right, none of it is because of a person's choices.
Interesting that you can't read two paragraphs. It's just the woman who actually made the hashtag "blacklivesmatter" giving her opinion on the "alllivesmatter" correction that some people insist on making. I also don't see any point in which I or she called you a racist. We're just having a conversation about race so no need for swastika tattoos.
This might be an informative read for some people. Might explain why some of these conversations go way overboard, way fast:
I wouldn't have been sarcastic with the tattoo remark had it not been for the White supremacy comment she made. That's honestly how it made me feel, that since I don't want to get behind Black Lives Matter, I'm part of this whole "White supremacy domination" thing going on; that by not getting behind the hashtag, I'm somehow keeping black people down and trying to erase their existence. Seriously, that's a really stupid thing to say. I care for humanity and humankind as whole, so that's why I'm sick of hearing Black Lives Matter, because it suggests that anyone else affected by police brutality and wrongful deaths that aren't black, their lives don't matter. And you know what? It actually kind of is true, because the media feeds off reports like Freddie Gray. If Gray was white, the sad state of affairs is, Baltimore would not be up in arms right now, and that just deflects the root of the problem at hand: authority versus citizens. Every single person has the right to not get beaten or killed or wrongfully arrested by police, and by only focusing on the black side, then their stories get untold. They become unimportant and forgotten about. Who will protest for them? No one, because they aren't black, so their lives don't matter...
Good for her. We need more mothers out on the street. Screw the police. No one's scared of them right now, but everyone'e still scared of their mammas!
I don't think these riots are solely about Freddie Gray's death. I believe he was the straw that broke the camel's back, per say. And that the riots are a culmination of tensions bubbling over in Baltimore for years now, a city with a lot of problems when it comes to crime and poverty. Are the riots are justified? That depends on who you ask. But it is important to note that the only time anyone mentions the plight of African Americans in the US is when an event like this occurs and even then more air time is given to property damage. While those damages pale in comparison to the amounts police brutality suits paid out in Baltimore.
That's not true.
@iloveatlus said:
Why is that lady smiling? She's supposed to be angry, but she looks happy.
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