Baltimore Rioters Destroy Public Property, Loot Businesses
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The looters are not representative of all the protesters, just as death by spinal injury while in police custody is not representative of all arrests.
There is an issue of unfair treatment against minorities in this country and police brutality has historically been ignored. It's apparent that many refuse acknowledge that the issue is creating civil unrest. Unless true positive change becomes a priority to all, there will be violence. That's how our society is taught to deal with civil issues.
There is an issue of unfair treatment against minorities in this country and police brutality has historically been ignored. It's apparent that many refuse acknowledge that the issue is creating civil unrest. Unless true positive change becomes a priority to all, there will be violence. That's how our society is taught to deal with civil issues.
it`s unfortunate that the ballgame was scratched..that means that many more eyeballs watching the capitals f---k-up another game 7.....
it certainly looks like this guy was abused by the po-po....and last time I checked,all 6 officers have been suspended and an investigation is ongoing....
as far as the conservative/liberal crap edludes was pushing,I`d just like him to know that Baltimore is and has been run by liberal democrats for as long as I`ve been drawing breath(since the beatles became known,the lifeform not the group)....we have a black mayor and a black police commissioner and a diverse police dept....if the poor s.o.b. that died doesn`t get some sort of justice in this town,then I`d say a riot might be in order...
personally,i`d rather swim a vat of lemon juice the size of the English channel with 1000 paper cuts than be those officers right now...imo,they`re toast.....
would have made much more sense to wait until the results of the investigation became known before they start burning down their own community...
This is just embarrassing
I don't understand why they aren't just spraying these mother fuckers, especially when they started attacking fire fighters...
At this point it's no longer a protest... if your in the streets of Baltimore right now you shouldn't be surprised when your shot.
These fukin turds will never get it. Disgusting
I don't understand why they aren't just spraying these mother fuckers, especially when they started attacking fire fighters...
At this point it's no longer a protest... if your in the streets of Baltimore right now you shouldn't be surprised when your shot.
These fukin turds will never get it. Disgusting
CHICAGO -- A Chicago Police Department detective was cleared Monday of all charges in the fatal 2012 off-duty shooting of Rekia Boyd, a 22-year-old unarmed black woman.
Judge Dennis Porter found Dante Servin not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other lesser charges, concluding prosecutors failed to prove Servin acted recklessly, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Servin's case marked the first time in more than 17 years that a Chicago police officer faced a trial over a shooting. Monday's verdict was considered "unusual" as Servin was found not guilty without even having to mount a defense, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Martinez Sutton, Boyd's older brother, told The Huffington Post on Monday before the verdict was read that his family was feeling cautiously optimistic about the direction of the trial. However, he also said family members were frustrated that Servin only faced a maximum sentence of five years if found guilty.
"In our eyes, when an officer gets taken down for murder or shooting someone, it?s like, ?OK, here you go: You get time off with pay and you get to enjoy your family,?" Sutton said. "They don?t think about [our] family they?re destroying in the process. You can destroy more lives than one."
Servin got into a verbal altercation with Boyd's group over noise as they were standing in Douglas Park on the city's West Side in March of 2012. Prosecutors said Servin, who was off-duty at the time, fired several shots from his car as the group had its back to him. One shot hit Cross in the hand while another fatally struck Boyd in the back of the head.
Sutton lamented that the trial focused less on Boyd's death and more on whether Antonio Cross, a man in her group of friends, had pointed a gun at Servin. Prosecutors said what Servin thought was a gun was actually Cross' cell phone; no weapon was ever recovered.
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put up no defense and just said I thought he had a gun
something dont seem right
Judge Dennis Porter found Dante Servin not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other lesser charges, concluding prosecutors failed to prove Servin acted recklessly, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Servin's case marked the first time in more than 17 years that a Chicago police officer faced a trial over a shooting. Monday's verdict was considered "unusual" as Servin was found not guilty without even having to mount a defense, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Martinez Sutton, Boyd's older brother, told The Huffington Post on Monday before the verdict was read that his family was feeling cautiously optimistic about the direction of the trial. However, he also said family members were frustrated that Servin only faced a maximum sentence of five years if found guilty.
"In our eyes, when an officer gets taken down for murder or shooting someone, it?s like, ?OK, here you go: You get time off with pay and you get to enjoy your family,?" Sutton said. "They don?t think about [our] family they?re destroying in the process. You can destroy more lives than one."
Servin got into a verbal altercation with Boyd's group over noise as they were standing in Douglas Park on the city's West Side in March of 2012. Prosecutors said Servin, who was off-duty at the time, fired several shots from his car as the group had its back to him. One shot hit Cross in the hand while another fatally struck Boyd in the back of the head.
Sutton lamented that the trial focused less on Boyd's death and more on whether Antonio Cross, a man in her group of friends, had pointed a gun at Servin. Prosecutors said what Servin thought was a gun was actually Cross' cell phone; no weapon was ever recovered.
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put up no defense and just said I thought he had a gun
something dont seem right
"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things....And while no one condones looting, on the other hand one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and people who've had members of their family killed by that regime, for them to be taking their feelings out on that regime." -Donald Rumsfeld, April 2003
Peace!
Peace!
"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things....And while no one condones looting, on the other hand one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and people who've had members of their family killed by that regime, for them to be taking their feelings out on that regime." -Donald Rumsfeld, April 2003
Peace!
So you are comparing what the people of Iraq did following the toppling of Saddam to what these fucking idiots are doing in Baltimore:facepalm: I know you like to hit and run with your liberal Canadian logic, but this is idiotic even by your standards.
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I like Robert, he gets it......:0008
I like Robert, he gets it......:0008
There is a very real reason so many people were involved in the protest. Unfortunately that protest turned into a riot. Not all involved turned to looting and committing crimes. There are two separate issues and two separate groups. If everyone keeps ignoring the causation of racial unrest then this is going to continue to happen. There is a real problem, and there are bad people everywhere
Perhaps the not-too-subtle irony is lost on you. Maybe this article will help clarify things.
Nonviolence as Compliance
Officials calling for calm can offer no rational justification for Gray's death, and so they appeal for order.
Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore?an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city's publicly appointed guardians of order. And yet the mayor of that city and the commissioner of that city's police still have no idea what happened. I suspect this is not because the mayor and police commissioner are bad people, but because the state of Maryland prioritizes the protection of police officers charged with abuse over the citizens who fall under its purview.
The citizens who live in West Baltimore, where the rioting began, intuitively understand this. I grew up across the street from Mondawmin Mall, where today's riots began. My mother was raised in the same housing project, Gilmor Homes, where Freddie Gray was killed. Everyone I knew who lived in that world regarded the police not with admiration and respect but with fear and caution. People write these feelings off as wholly irrational at their own peril, or their own leisure. The case against the Baltimore police, and the society that superintends them, is easily made:
Over the past four years, more than 100 people have won court judgments or settlements related to allegations of brutality and civil rights violations. Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson ....
And in almost every case, prosecutors or judges dismissed the charges against the victims?if charges were filed at all. In an incident that drew headlines recently, charges against a South Baltimore man were dropped after a video showed an officer repeatedly punching him?a beating that led the police commissioner to say he was ?shocked.?
The money paid out by the city to cover for the brutal acts of its police department would be enough to build "a state-of-the-art rec center or renovations at more than 30 playgrounds." Instead, the money was used to cover for the brutal acts of the city's police department and ensure they remained well beyond any semblance of justice.
Now, tonight, I turn on the news and I see politicians calling for young people in Baltimore to remain peaceful and "nonviolent." These well-intended pleas strike me as the right answer to the wrong question. To understand the question, it's worth remembering what, specifically, happened to Freddie Gray. An officer made eye contact with Gray. Gray, for unknown reasons, ran. The officer and his colleagues then detained Gray. They found him in possession of a switchblade. They arrested him while he yelled in pain. And then, within an hour, his spine was mostly severed. A week later, he was dead. What specifically was the crime here? What particular threat did Freddie Gray pose? Why is mere eye contact and then running worthy of detention at the hands of the state? Why is Freddie Gray dead?
The people now calling for nonviolence are not prepared to answer these questions. Many of them are charged with enforcing the very policies that led to Gray's death, and yet they can offer no rational justification for Gray's death and so they appeal for calm. But there was no official appeal for calm when Gray was being arrested. There was no appeal for calm when Jerriel Lyles was assaulted. (?The blow was so heavy. My eyes swelled up. Blood was dripping down my nose and out my eye.?) There was no claim for nonviolence on behalf of Venus Green. (?Bitch, you ain?t no better than any of the other old black bitches I have locked up.?) There was no plea for peace on behalf of Starr Brown. (?They slammed me down on my face,? Brown added, her voice cracking. ?The skin was gone on my face.")
When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise." Wisdom isn't the point tonight. Disrespect is. In this case, disrespect for the hollow law and failed order that so regularly disrespects the rioters themselves.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/
Woof, woof, woof!
Peace!
