Members Nate4 Posted April 28, 2015 Members Share Posted April 28, 2015 I know this is late, but I think this deserves a thread. What are you all's thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted April 28, 2015 Members Share Posted April 28, 2015 I posted about a little about this in the thread about a woman stopping her son from rioting already, so here's the Cliff Notes version: I am about an hour and a half or two hours south from both Baltimore and DC. I have friends who live/work in and around Baltimore, one of whom is a friend of mine from college. Except for when she was on campus for school, she's lived in Baltimore her whole life. There were stores/buildings on her street that were destroyed. I mourn the loss of Freddie Gray and understand the anger/frustration at the police officers who were there when he died, but it's one thing to protest. It's another to turn to looting and violence. I just want to see the city find some peace, and luckily it seems like some peace has come already since the clean up began today. I don't know how the curfew is going to go, or what will happen once it's lifted, but I'm trying to focus on hope. This isn't just about Baltimore, this is about the entire state of Maryland (well, really the entire country, but you get my point). The murder in North Charleston, SC was just as tragic, but I think Baltimore being the (much) larger city made things worse. One Maryland. Pray For Baltimore. We'll get through this. Thinking of you, Nate, and everyone else here from Maryland, including SFK and Marco Dane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 28, 2015 Members Share Posted April 28, 2015 Just wait until summer. Things will really pop off then. The only question is where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 Just another event that showcases how some folks are living in a completely different America than others. If I see the words "it's just my opinion" attached to an ignorant statement again I will scream. It's just another way to say "It's how I feel despite MOUNTAINS of evidence on the topic that I choose to ignore but felt the need to open my mouth anyway" And they keep referencing "black on black crime" and "gang violence". How did drugs and Ak-47's get into ghettos in the first place? Why do ghettos exist anyway? *cough*TheGovernment*cough* The other one that kills me is when they see "If you don't like it here in America then leave" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 Ta-Nahesi Coates covered my feelings very well. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 My thoughts are alway the same: until someone can explain how robbing a drugstore or an electronics store is in any way a statement demanding civil rights looters should be shot on sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 Geez. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/should-cleveland-burn-like-baltimore-fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 That's my city. They're already having meetings to figure out what to do when our killer cop goes free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 Tamir Rice? What's the status of that case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 No, not Tamir Rice. This is a different killer cop: Michael Brelo. This is one who killed two unarmed people by standing on the hood of their car and firing. The cops who killed Tamir Rice are still working, just not on the street. I'm sure they'll be getting their pass later in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted April 29, 2015 Members Share Posted April 29, 2015 Oh yeah I remember this as well. SMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katie_9918 Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 There's a demonstration here in Philly later on today. If I didn't have a train to catch, I'd join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted May 1, 2015 Members Share Posted May 1, 2015 Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby just announced earlier today that all six BPD police officers involved in arresting Freddie Gray have been charged. The full list of charges are here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-freddie-gray-mosby-presser-0502-20150501-story.html#page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted May 1, 2015 Members Share Posted May 1, 2015 Looting has nothing to do with protesting any more than vandalism being part of street celebrations of any sports team's victory. Some people just like to take advantage of public assemblies to make trouble. Whether or not one agrees with the right to protest or even the subject of the protest, vandalism and looting generally distract from peaceful protests to the extent that the message can get ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted May 1, 2015 Members Share Posted May 1, 2015 I honestly didn't think that would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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