Riots in Baltimore, 7 Cops injured, one "Unresponsive".
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CNN doing their best to portray the police as acting out of control and using excessive force against innocent protestors in the hopes that it riles up other people watching and allows them to keep their ratings put of the gutter for just a few days longer.
Ummm, I've not heard that and I've been watching since this jumped off. I have heard complaints of "where are they and why aren't they doing anything" and "People complained that LEO's are too militaristic and now they're going the opposite way".
I don't know what the Mayor was thinking (or if) but letting this get this far was stupid to say the least.
And after the flames are put out, after the looting and the destruction is finished, the rebuild starts, the next step is going to be gentrification in that neighborhood and the next step after that will be people bitching about "all these white people moving in."
As you yourself admit, teenagers are mostly the perpetrators. Teenagers are emotional beyond reason when it comes to things they care about. Whether it's right or wrong, they aren't going to base their actions on logic if they are inflamed about something, so you'd do your own mental health some good if you stopped expecting them to. I'm not saying they are right or should be allowed to run amok, but I don't have any trouble understanding why they do.
Sounds like this is exactly what you are trying to say.
There isn't any justification of cutting fire hoses, looting business, putting others in danger, tearing up a city, etc. Teenagers don't do this and that is just a generalization to put some sort of moral equivalence to what they are doing.
Classic political response.. too little.. then too late.. and all FUBAR...
Anti police haters always drcry why we need up armored vehicles... just watch fools... you want to respond and get your radio car torched and trashed and not be able to protect yourself
Now ..let's see how it changes when the national guard gets fixed posts and BPD gets to start arresting people ... of course like Los Angeles many will get arrested and then let go by sympathetic judges
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