It's an excuse for idiots to do what they want, they should all be locked up for good
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Baltimore Riots/Freddie Gray (3 Viewers)
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You know they were blowing shit up right? Come on buddy, you're smarter than that.
Impossible, we don't have nearly the camera set up here.
Also, people need to realize that Baltimore has always had tons of race issues and has pretty much been a boiling pot of angry. Especially in the summer months. Except the violence is usually kept in the respective communities. All this served, was to unite all the assholes.
I remember doing an urban forestry project there one summer and it was a smattering of middle class neighborhoods, gentrified hipster neighborhoods, white trash neighborhoods, and places that make the Wire look like Disneyland. And there's no like "this part of town is nice and this half of the city is bad". It's like a patchwork of crazy. For example, you could grab a coffee at some hipster boutique and then go a couple blocks a be like "oh shit, was that Snoop".
Impossible, we don't have nearly the camera set up here.
Also, people need to realize that Baltimore has always had tons of race issues and has pretty much been a boiling pot of angry. Especially in the summer months. Except the violence is usually kept in the respective communities. All this served, was to unite all the assholes.
I remember doing an urban forestry project there one summer and it was a smattering of middle class neighborhoods, gentrified hipster neighborhoods, white trash neighborhoods, and places that make the Wire look like Disneyland. And there's no like "this part of town is nice and this half of the city is bad". It's like a patchwork of crazy. For example, you could grab a coffee at some hipster boutique and then go a couple blocks a be like "oh shit, was that Snoop".
Just wanted to share my opinion on this, this issue pissed me off.
This is just an excuse for the poorer families of Baltimore to loot.
How does this help Gray's case? What is this doing to help anything? These "protesters" aren't protesters, they're a bunch of idiots using it as excuse for a thrill and to put some food on the table. They don't care about Freddie Gray.
This is just an excuse for the poorer families of Baltimore to loot.
How does this help Gray's case? What is this doing to help anything? These "protesters" aren't protesters, they're a bunch of idiots using it as excuse for a thrill and to put some food on the table. They don't care about Freddie Gray.
But at least the ones dumb enough to be caught smiling on photos with stolen goods in their hands / smashing, burning, assaulting, etc?
Slightly OT but I remember Tupac grew up in Baltimore, and it was quite apparent that the area had a history of race issues during that time (assume it would have been 80s, in that case). I'm obviously not comparing Baltimore to London, the US has some serious societal and educational issues if you can go from Manhattan to Mogadishu in 5 minutes. It seems like certain places are just waiting for trouble.
Slightly OT but I remember Tupac grew up in Baltimore, and it was quite apparent that the area had a history of race issues during that time (assume it would have been 80s, in that case). I'm obviously not comparing Baltimore to London, the US has some serious societal and educational issues if you can go from Manhattan to Mogadishu in 5 minutes. It seems like certain places are just waiting for trouble.
To be fair there are only like 5 nice areas in Baltimore and all anyone who doesn't live there really cares about is the Inner Harbor.
But yeah, some of the people who have pictures and whatnot of them doing dastardly deeds will get arrested but a large percentage will not. People know that, and that's why they're out there.
But yeah, some of the people who have pictures and whatnot of them doing dastardly deeds will get arrested but a large percentage will not. People know that, and that's why they're out there.
It irritated me too. I heard CNN calling them "protesters" and was thinking WTF?
If I set my neighbor's house on fire and rape all his children, does that make me a protestor too?
I know people aren't rational when it comes to acting like this. But I have a hard time trying to understand why the investigation into the death of a total stranger in police custody who shares only your skin color becomes more important than not burning down your neighborhood, destroying businesses, and eliminating the few jobs in the area you have.
Even if you subscribe to the theory that all cops hate all black people and persecute them, how is fixing that going to even amount to a fraction of the quality of life lost in destroying your town and its economic future?
I'd arm up my second amendment rights like Koreatown during the Rodney King riots, that's for sure.
That's why one of the city nicknames is Mobtown. Since the 1830s.
Because its a step short of martial law.
Awesome. For a minute I thought I was watching an ep of Jerry Springer.
If I set my neighbor's house on fire and rape all his children, does that make me a protestor too?
I know people aren't rational when it comes to acting like this. But I have a hard time trying to understand why the investigation into the death of a total stranger in police custody who shares only your skin color becomes more important than not burning down your neighborhood, destroying businesses, and eliminating the few jobs in the area you have.
Even if you subscribe to the theory that all cops hate all black people and persecute them, how is fixing that going to even amount to a fraction of the quality of life lost in destroying your town and its economic future?
I'd arm up my second amendment rights like Koreatown during the Rodney King riots, that's for sure.
That's why one of the city nicknames is Mobtown. Since the 1830s.
Because its a step short of martial law.
This mother knows how to handle her son.
Awesome. For a minute I thought I was watching an ep of Jerry Springer.
