Oh Look Violent Protests-Well who didn't that see coming? (Baltimore: hair salon, purchase)

[thealfa]

defiant sons and their hoodrat mother...what else is new.

Originally Posted by Podo944

I'm thinking this... just found it in the Current Events section.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVTlYvi35Xk

[thealfa]

pac and big is on they mindz...

Originally Posted by armory

Answer truthfully...do you actually think any of these knuckleheads could partake in a peaceful protest? Is MLK in the back of their minds or is he a myth to them?

[thealfa]

don't worry. petite white females live in Locust Point...

they always go for a jog to make 6'3 195 lbs pound guys drool (aka their ideal guy).

Originally Posted by Trace21230

Yes, and the poster is really naïve if she has never one time felt unsafe. I'm a man, 6'3 195 lbs and I've felt unsafe.

If she's telling the truth about "never" feeling unsafe, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before she becomes a victim. Only someone with zero street smarts could "never" feel unsafe in any urban environment.

[thealfa]

i looked into the 1968 Baltimore riots in pictures and seems as if nothing's change. These animals still hate everyone and holds a grudge, except these days they'll protest over a rapper's death and or drug dealer's death as opposed to someone like MLK who also talked **** and was somewhat of a separatist like Malcolm X.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by JerseyGirl415

There is no excuse for that behavior. It's useless. It IS violent when they start throwing things. Two innocent people were escorted from the area bleeding from flying objects hitting their faces. I saw pictures online.

So what if the looting wasn't that bad? It shouldn't happen in the first place. No one has a right to break into someone's business and knock things over, break glass, take things, whatever. Imagine being the owner or manager of that 7/11. Imagine being a business owner in Ferguson and finding your business burned down. These incidents have nothing to do with the man who died in police custody. There is no need for this type of behavior, and no excuse, period. It angers me that people think they can do this in the name of some guy who was probably a criminal anyway - just like Michael Brown. There is something very wrong with that mindset, and that mindset is part of the problem.

Someone is failing to look at the larger picture here! IMO, the victim, and Michael Brown as well, has little to do what triggered this!

It's the result of an accumulation of anger, frustration and despair! Which could even go back to the 18th/19th century! Called: paying for the sins of our fathers!

Whoever says violence accomplishes nothing, has read very little history!

There's so many wrongs to be addressed in this country, by rights, there should be no less than 20 ongoing protests being carried out every in this country, by both black and whites!

Let's get started, before the accumulation of anger, frustration, despair registers with the white people in this country, and then? What happened in Baltimore will be an unnoticeable blip on the screen!

[Coseau]

This is what you get when you have one set of justice and due process for one group of citizens and another totally different set for another group. I remember when this situation happened in Cincinnati the youth went to the police station and took down the American flag that was flying on the flagpole in front of the station and flew it back up upside down. The Police didn't even dare come out of that station knowing the youth was seriously intent on f****** them up.

[Hamish Forbes]

The people who are really hurt by this violence are good Blacks -- and there are many, many good Blacks in Baltimore -- who try to live their lives as best they can amidst all the squalor. For example, think about the people hurt by the burning of the CVS and the 60 housing units still under construction. The city will be set back 20 years by these riots.

I also saw some pictures of Black people volunteering to clean up the mess caused by others in their communities. I saw a picture of two fairly young Black women giving bottled water to White police officers. I was really impressed by these people. Good showing -- way to go!

[lucky2balive]

tell you what
suspend ALL welfare payments to Citizens of Baltimore until rioting and looting stops...

[bus man]

Originally Posted by Hallouise

My last post I had to cut short to attend to something, but what I'm trying to say is that I love Baltimore, and I'm not afraid of Baltimore, and this makes my heart hurt for the good people (and yes I do mean black people) who live in the neighborhoods affected by this. These are misguided kids doing this - not an entire community. Baltimore has issues, but it's a wonderful town, and I hate the way that rednecks living in the meth-ridden counties around Baltimore just tear it down, as if it's not a mix of good and bad like most cities. There's no easy solution here. But I'm pretty sure not going out after dark in the Inner Harbor, the Inner Harbor for cripes sake, is the answer.

At the Sound Garden in Fells Point, there is or used to be a bumper sticker on one of the cash registers that said "Suburbs go home". And it used to **** me off - like who the eff are you to judge where someone - maybe one of your paying customers - lives? But I feel like it's apt, with some of these fear-mongering posts. So quit your city jobs and stay home if it's so scary.

So, let's see if I have this straight: expressing fear of rioters and looters and thugs (not "misguided kids") makes me prejudiced; but a liberal, open-minded, non-judgmental city-dweller such as yourself can dismiss everyone in the suburban metropolitan area as "rednecks living in meth-ridden counties," and that's OK. Got it.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

How do we know Michael Brown wouldn't have also been gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson if he was white and reaching for his gun instead of black and reaching for his gun? I want someone to address that inquiry for me. Would the people of Ferguson have rioted if Michael Brown was white? I want someone to address that inquiry for me also.

Would there be equivalent outrage over Freddy Gray Jr.'s death if he was white instead of African-American? I want someone to address that inquiry for me. Would the people of Baltimore have rioted if Freddy Gray Jr. was white? I want someone to address that inquiry for me also.

No one would have rioted if the victims had been white. Most inner-city black people wouldn't care about a dead white guy; and most white people would support the police over a violent criminal.