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What point do riots make? What did the looters and people who destroyed Ferguson gain? All I have seen are precipitous drops in home owners' real estate values in Ferguson, businesses choosing not to rebuild their looted and destroyed businesses, and more misery for residents.
yeah, that lawlessness and violence by the looters and hoodlums made big points....
For every action there's a reaction. Oppressed people lash out...
Another case of a Cop shooting a Black man, and then a riot breaks out afterwards. And from what I heard, the man shot got shot was armed with a stolen weapon. Can't people wait until all the facts come out?
This has been beaten to death for a few days. The irony is this was a black cop killing an armed and dangerous black man. These thugs on the street care less about racial justice and more about the excuse for their violence.
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Originally Posted by SHABAZZ310
For every action there's a reaction. Oppressed people lash out...
I agree... the Democrats have certainly oppressed the poor under the guise of "helping the po' folk"
You are so wrong it's almost hard to find even where to start with my response. Almost every major metro in America has had some type of riot. LA, Chicago, etc., etc., and they have all bounced back. Some cities were even burned down in the past and returned. You sound like you have never invested or studied real estate trends before. Areas that experience strife and upheaval often return through gentrification or other means. The picture you're painting is one of false narrative.
As for the point a riot makes is simple to understand. It makes the point that you can't undervalue, oppress, disenfranchise, and violate the civil rights of an area's population without bottled up frustration blowing up...
the neighborhoods involved in rioting have the same low income, low GDP, horrid demographic stats of the 60s. You accomplish nothing by throwing a tantrum. You escape the hood via education and making yourself a productive member of society.
Every huge city-Thank God-has far more tony rich hoods than riot torn ghettos. But the ghettos you had hoped to change have never-nor will they ever-improve by blowing up.
What a load of crap. There were no riots in Chicago over the shooting. There was a protest. One very black protester was questioned on news and he rejected the Ferguson riots as an embarrassment. He did however protest this shooting which I also agreed was excessive force. I could not have agreed anymore. The cop who did the shooting should do time for it.
Because the entire country is not paying attention?
I am Jewish. My people were killed and oppressed more recently than yours.
amen.
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