Baltimore riots

A good read about the systematic police brutality that's gone on in Baltimore for quite some time.


Freddie Gray Is Only the Latest Apparent Victim of Baltimore Police Violence - The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-brutality-of-police-culture-in-baltimore/391158/)

My co-worker's ex-boyfriend died in February in Baltimore City police custody over unpaid child support.

He had an asthma attack and was denied his inhaler.

Give some serious props to this mom. Her reasoning is even more sound.

Baltimore mom who smacked son during riots: "I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray" - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-mother-toya-graham-on-why-she-smacked-son-i-dont-want-him-to-be-a-freddie-gray/)




Conservative media is way too predictable in this situations. They'll show a handful of incidents and then paint the whole movement as a bunch of "animals" wanting a "handout". You got to respect these gang members for at least standing up for the truth.


Gang members deny police claims of truce to ‘take out’ white cops: ‘They’re saying we’re animals’ (http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/gang-members-deny-police-claims-of-truce-to-take-out-white-cops-theyre-saying-were-animals/)

18 minutes til curfew. People seem to think pure pandemonium is going to break out.

I think it'll be alright.

What kind of bush league shit is the Baltimore City Paper. Check this crap out.

The Corruption of City Paper (Baltimore) - Album on Imgur (http://imgur.com/gallery/QVh32)


Slandering a poor girl as trying to rob one of the looters, and other BCP staff falsifying stories. The hell has happened to journalism these days?

18 minutes til curfew. People seem to think pure pandemonium is going to break out.

I think it'll be alright.
Glad you were right. I felt the bad apples were going to make there presence known. Glad I was wrong

Sent from my S6 Edge

For all their institutional flaws (and there are many), the Baltimore Police department handled last night's curfew in an exemplary manner.

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ci4xRjryTJsBx8YSlkloqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2015-04-29/8e4a36b0-ee20-11e4-9ee8-6f782592a649_baltimorekid.jpg

a lot of admiration for the BCPD for their restraint, for their seemingly true interest in dialogue with the community, for their willingness to stand there at times and take verbal abuse/complaints.

a lot of admiration for the people in druid hill and surrounding areas. to come out the next day and reclaim your neighborhood. to do volunteer clean up. to make yesterday a positive community vibe. people were grilling hot dogs, doing drum circles, dance groups were brought in.

a lot of admiration for the local community leaders. its seems they have truly tried to reject the outside forces of shabaz malik and even al sharton. the local leaders really played a large role in getting out the right message.

of course, we await the announcement of charges or no charges. then things may get very ugly.

but for right now, for yesterday, baltimore as a community responded.

Jon Stewart wins again.

Stewart Goes Off: Maybe We Should’ve Cared About Baltimore Before It Was ‘On Fire’ | Mediaite (http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-goes-off-maybe-we-shouldve-cared-about-baltimore-before-it-was-on-fire/#ooid=V0a2JzdDp1XnQMnVztlyxgsx21z8cLav)


Going to miss him.

Conservative media is way too predictable in this situations. They'll show a handful of incidents and then paint the whole movement as a bunch of "animals" wanting a "handout". You got to respect these gang members for at least standing up for the truth.


Gang members deny police claims of truce to ‘take out’ white cops: ‘They’re saying we’re animals’ (http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/gang-members-deny-police-claims-of-truce-to-take-out-white-cops-theyre-saying-were-animals/)Between gangs and the media, who is telling the truth? They are both liars, but at least the media isn't smashing windows and looting.