Baltimore burns. Why?

[no-ice-please]

In Oct 2013 a young woman with a child bumped a concrete divider near a D.C. attraction.
The police got excited.
She panicked and tried to flee.
The police filled her car with bullets.
When they finally stopped shooting she had several bullet holes in her back.
The baby that was in the car with her was not hit.

The mainstream media started by headlining "Police Rescue Baby".
When that became too absurd even for Americans they switched to " Possible Suicide Bomber Killed In D.C."

The young lady had lived in Bed Stuy and Baltimore, both places you don't stop for strangers with guns and badges don't really tell you if a person is friendly.

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Then today Baltimore http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10354477/Woman-shot-dead-after-trying-to-ram-security-barrier-at-White-House.html

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Any connection or coincidence?

[Chef Ramsay]

Today and last night is the result of the police mishandling someone they arrested, not getting them immediate medical help, then the due dying. Predictably, many people around the area w/ the same skin color act as though they knew the guy and start doing their usual protesting that inevitably gets taken over by the small and feeble minded, in this case the ghettoheads. The police screwed up but this kind of 'protesting' needs to be rooted out by the respectable members of the neighborhood.

[TheButterZone]

"Gun control" is working in Baltimore, keeping all law-abiding, sober, mentally-sound victims defenseless so rioters are safe.

[Chef Ramsay]

On April 26, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 25 local clergy called for peace.

Rawlings-Blake held a press conference in which she admitted to asking the police to give people a space to "destroy," noted Fusion.net (video below).

Rawlings-Blake stated:

"And I've made it very clear that I worked with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech. It's a very delicate balancing act because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars, and the other things that were going on, we also gave those who wish to destroy, space to do that as well. And we work very hard to keep that balance, and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate and that's what you saw."

More...http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/baltimore-mayor-we-gave-those-who-wished-destroy-space-do-video

Clearly the mayor is a sympathizer to those in the streets and has kept the police in check. If you're watching news footage of the events unfolding you'll see the police lined up blocks away in front of the peaceful protest that is taking place at the junction where the CVS building was looted and burned earlier and the miscreant hoodlums are down the street looting other building and causing mayhem knowing the police are occupied a half mile away. just sayin. Democratic, urban areas are so pleasant do business and be happy in.

[Chef Ramsay]

Gov. declares state of emergency; activates National Guard

BALTIMORE —Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard.

Police officers were injured, stores were looted and fires were set Monday evening as vandals ran through Baltimore.

City police say as many as seven officers have been injured Monday afternoon in northwest Baltimore, where a large group of juveniles converged and began to throw bricks and other items at officers. The officers were injured with broken bones and cuts, and one was unresponsive.

The CVS store at North and Pennsylvania avenues was set on fire around 6:15 p.m. Police have asked motorists to avoid the area of North Avenue between Monroe Street and Druid Hill Avenue.
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More...http://www.wbaltv.com/news/downtown-businesses-organizations-close-early-monday/32595778

[SaltySpitoon]

Im really close to Baltimore, so watching the local news. Watching the massive fires and apparently reports of groups of masked gunman outside Johns Hopkins. Taking everything with a grain of salt of course, but you can't alter the footage of people looting, beating others, and the quarter square mile fires ( apparently it's a bunch of Apartment complexes)

Baltimore has been a repressed tinderbox shithole since mayor Rawlings Blake took over. Before she was the mayor Baltimore was named the murder capitol of the world. She cleaned up the streets substantially but that involved a major increase in the police force and a blind eye to some really shady stuff (apparently Baltimore has the 2nd largest police force in the states). I've never had a problem with Baltimore police, as they are always too busy busting people for crack dealing to bother with petty crimes, but apparently their methods are controversial at best.

That said, not everyone in Baltimore is bad, not all of the cops are either, it's a reallllll tough job. But this is about 6 years overdue.

[Chef Ramsay]

RT Reporter Robbed by Youths On-Air While Covering Baltimore Protests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2Ibw7wrvs

Short clip of Baltimore's youth robbing a Russia Today reporter, can't believe the reporter was attempting to run after these animals. Sooka means bitch, btw.

[Chef Ramsay]

Reporters are also being attacked by the cops

A photographer for Reuters was detained and another for the Baltimore City Paper was thrown to the ground by Baltimore Police officers while covering protests over police brutality late Saturday, they said.

J.M. Giordano, the photo editor at City Paper, said he was hit in the head with multiple police shields had his "face pretty much smushed down on the ground," and sustained multiple bruises after several officers rushed at him as he shot pictures.

"They just took me down," he said.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-protest-journalists-20150426-story.html

[EternalWingsofGod]

At least when its compared with Fergusson the other US riot they aren't over armed
Still a messy situation though with the curfews added and a 5 day monitoring it will be interesting to see how this turns out.

[Chef Ramsay]

At least when its compared with Fergusson the other US riot they aren't over armed
Still a messy situation though with the curfews added and a 5 day monitoring it will be interesting to see how this turns out.

True and I don't remember how many cops were hurt during Ferguson but there's 7 of them that are injured now, including one that is unconscious. Who knows what tonight's tally will be on either side. Keep in mind, one side got free/looted booze via the CVS and are likely having a night on the town while the other is on overtime trying to keep the peace.

[SaltySpitoon]

15 officers injured at the moment, two hospitalized.

The rioters actually hurt the cause. People are pretty rightfully siding with the police today. The meaning of the protests are now watered down by forced association with a group of criminals. Robbing two liquor stores, a mall, a cell phone store, a CVS, and the small shops on Main Streets doesn't further people's disgust with police brutality. The rioters just gave the police a good press day, and justification of their presence.

[Chef Ramsay]

15 officers injured at the moment, two hospitalized.

The rioters actually hurt the cause. People are pretty rightfully siding with the police today. The meaning of the protests are now watered down by forced association with a group of criminals. Robbing two liquor stores, a mall, a cell phone store, a CVS, and the small shops on Main Streets doesn't further people's disgust with police brutality. The rioters just gave the police a good press day, and justification of their presence.

If true, white people across the country that already had their misgivings are reinforced in their thoughts. Not trying to skew the tables in this direction but that's what happens when older white folks see what they're seeing. When the jive gets violent and spread across the news, then the cop-loving comes into play. In my mind, the cops F'd up first which led to the deviants being the face of this protester movement.

[SaltySpitoon]

Agreed. The police have had this coming, plain and simple. If they give out violence, they deserve violence back, had it just been people throwing rocks in the street, I might not have the same opinion that this specific riot has very little to do with fighting back against police brutality. The stores that were burnt and robbed were not owned by the police, Baltimore isn't the most white collar area, the people that worked at those stores are seriously hurting right now. The riots gave the police and media honest propaganda to discredit the actual movement.

Interesting note, In very recent history, not sure how things have changed in recent years, but Baltimore public schools had a 66% graduation rate, meaning 1 in 3 students didn't finish high school. I'm not trying to disparage or get into the whole coorelation between education, employment, and crime rates. But my point is that the people who are out of their retail jobs aren't necessarily kids. When you start burning and looting completely unrelated businesses, you threaten people's livelihoods. It's hard to justify that your cause (ending police brutality/discrimination) is right when you are hurting unrelated parties.

On an interesting unrelated note, the local news station's reporter's just said something that caught my attention. "For a city with a lot of guns on the street, it's surprising that there was no gun activity"

They are now showing an elderly women complaining about the mess in the street, and sweeping it out of the streets, because she is having enough car troubles and can't drive over that on her way to work. Definitely trying to get the audience to empathize, but again it is honest biassed reporting.

[Bit_Happy]

Angry mobs, flash-mobs, what's next, starving deadly mobs?
Help, help I am trapped in America!  

[Chef Ramsay]

Agreed. The police have had this coming, plain and simple. If they give out violence, they deserve violence back, had it just been people throwing rocks in the street, I might not have the same opinion that this specific riot has very little to do with fighting back against police brutality. The stores that were burnt and robbed were not owned by the police, Baltimore isn't the most white collar area, the people that worked at those stores are seriously hurting right now. The riots gave the police and media honest propaganda to discredit the actual movement.

Interesting note, In very recent history, not sure how things have changed in recent years, but Baltimore public schools had a 66% graduation rate, meaning 1 in 3 students didn't finish high school. I'm not trying to disparage or get into the whole coorelation between education, employment, and crime rates. But my point is that the people who are out of their retail jobs aren't necessarily kids. When you start burning and looting completely unrelated businesses, you threaten people's livelihoods. It's hard to justify that your cause (ending police brutality/discrimination) is right when you are hurting unrelated parties.

On an interesting unrelated note, the local news station's reporter's just said something that caught my attention. "For a city with a lot of guns on the street, it's surprising that there was no gun activity"

They are now showing an elderly women complaining about the mess in the street, and sweeping it out of the streets, because she is having enough car troubles and can't drive over that on her way to work. Definitely trying to get the audience to empathize, but again it is honest biassed reporting.

[EternalWingsofGod]

RT Reporter Robbed by Youths On-Air While Covering Baltimore Protests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2Ibw7wrvs

Short clip of Baltimore's youth robbing a Russia Today reporter, can't believe the reporter was attempting to run after these animals. Sooka means bitch, btw.

Didn't see this clip last time
I guess the lesson is that RT reporters will chase you down till you get arrested.
That said it sounded like the reporter was crying pretty hard there, it did make the police not look as bad though keeping order in the chaos.
News Link:
http://rt.com/usa/253253-rt-robbed-baltimore-gray/

[Bit_Happy]

Gov. declares state of emergency; activates National Guard

BALTIMORE —Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard.

Police officers were injured, stores were looted and fires were set Monday evening as vandals ran through Baltimore.

City police say as many as seven officers have been injured Monday afternoon in northwest Baltimore, where a large group of juveniles converged and began to throw bricks and other items at officers. The officers were injured with broken bones and cuts, and one was unresponsive.

The CVS store at North and Pennsylvania avenues was set on fire around 6:15 p.m. Police have asked motorists to avoid the area of North Avenue between Monroe Street and Druid Hill Avenue.
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More...http://www.wbaltv.com/news/downtown-businesses-organizations-close-early-monday/32595778

This is pretty mild compared to what could happen. Most Americans are still very fortunate, how will things look if the food stamp program runs out of funding?

[TheButterZone]

On an interesting unrelated note, the local news station's reporter's just said something that caught my attention. "For a city with a lot of guns on the street, it's surprising that there was no gun activity"

Not at all surprising. Looting and arson are most efficient and safe with both hands free. Since law-abiding, sober, mentally-sound victims are rendered legally defenseless, they cannot defend against felonious acts, hence, no gun activity.

[saddampbuh]

[NUFCrichard]

15 officers injured at the moment, two hospitalized.

The rioters actually hurt the cause. People are pretty rightfully siding with the police today. The meaning of the protests are now watered down by forced association with a group of criminals. Robbing two liquor stores, a mall, a cell phone store, a CVS, and the small shops on Main Streets doesn't further people's disgust with police brutality. The rioters just gave the police a good press day, and justification of their presence.

That's sort of clever propagandaish stuff.

They are not rioting to become part of your 'cause'.

I do kind of see their point, though I obviously don't agree with what the rioters are doing.
Every week there is a new story about the police shooting and killing black people who are unarmed and/or running away.  If the police kept of killing people who looked like me, I would be pretty scared too!

This has been going on for too long and they have reached the tipping point where something needs to be done.  It's hard as they can't disarm the police in America, as they'd be sitting ducks then, but they have to show some restraint!