Baltimore riots

[mooby]

It's a shame that the people who are trying to impact change in a positive way, i.e. peaceful protesting, are being lumped in with the opportunists who see a man's death as an opportunity to grab a bunch of goods and destroy property for fun. The rioters and looters will always cancel out the statement the citizens are trying to make.

And in a few weeks/months or so when it dies down (or the next prejudiced killing occurs), everybody will be asking why their message never got across, and the cycle will repeat. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I know what it's like to be profiled, or that the system is set up to fail my people. But it's a damn shame that it looks like we haven't learned anything from the civil rights demonstrations of the 60's. History just feels doomed to repeat itself in these situations.

Edit: Hope those of you close to the action stay safe, even though I don't think any progress will be made because of these riots I still hope nobody comes out of this any worse for the wear.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mooby

It's a shame that the people who are trying to impact change in a positive way, i.e. peaceful protesting, are being lumped in with the opportunists who see a man's death as an opportunity to grab a bunch of goods and destroy property for fun. The rioters and looters will always cancel out the statement the citizens are trying to make.

And in a few weeks/months or so when it dies down (or the next prejudiced killing occurs), everybody will be asking why their message never got across, and the cycle will repeat. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I know what it's like to be profiled, or that the system is set up to fail my people. But it's a damn shame that it looks like we haven't learned anything from the civil rights demonstrations of the 60's. History just feels doomed to repeat itself in these situations.

Edit: Hope those of you close to the action stay safe, even though I don't think any progress will be made because of these riots I still hope nobody comes out of this any worse for the wear.

Most of these opportunistics aka criminals look like teenagers. I think that says alot. They could give a shit about Freddie Gray.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Most of these opportunistics aka criminals look like teenagers. I think that says alot. They could give a shit about Freddie Gray.

Don't get me started.

OTM - While far from a city wide riot, the violence was not particularly localized. It started in west Baltimore and moved done a corridor to downtown.

I'm in central Baltimore - about 3 miles from central Baltimore and 2 miles from where the problem started.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Most of these opportunistics aka criminals look like teenagers. I think that says alot. They could give a shit about Freddie Gray.

I'm wondering if they're going to try to run amok again today or if they're going to be put off by the Guard being there.

I'm also wondering if I'm going to be out of an entire week of pay due to these kids blowing off steam since I work dead center in West Baltimore.