Baltimore riots

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

As I said, it's just not that simple. Policing is a necessary job. It needs to be done right and, to do so, each cop needs to be judged on their individual actions - not painted with a broad brush.

Not sure the cops are being painted with a broad brush. It's the system that people don't trust, and inherently the cops. When the system protects bad cops, people lose faith in the system and the people under that umbrella. You are correct on the the other points.

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Too many systemic problems, and an absolute denial of responsibility by the African-American, liberal, Democrats of any role in the creation and prolonging of those systemic problems.

The same people will be re-elected (in a recent election, a poverty-ridden counsel district elected the son their long time counsel woman despite his criminal conviction and their unchanging economic situation)(the district in question borders/abuts the neighborhood where the riots began).

Considering most of the Baltimore political entity is black, it's definitely not a racial issue. To me, it's more of a socioeconomic issue. The politicians will continue to pander to their voting base to continue to get elected, when in reality they don't give two shits about the people. Greed and corruption sees no color after all.

Getting out of poverty and changing a dreadful inner city is easier in theory than actually implementing. Most of these people are uneducated and been brought up in a element of crime/poverty, and they adapt to their surroundings. Their children will be raise the same way. It does start with people in the community and the parents, but more often than not, it's a cycle that's extremely hard to break.

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

The bad neighborhoods will get worse, the ones on the edge will sink into the slop and everyone with any property interests whatsoever will move to the rich white enclaves or leave altogether.

This sounds like the plot of Robocop. When can we expect OCP to come buy up all the inner city realty and rebuild it into Delta City?