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News: Baltimore Riots: Discrepancy Over Shooting; Tensions Back
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Originally posted by its_britney_bitch
You can't expect people to think rationally when innocent people are being killed daily by the people who are supposed to protect them. I'm not saying it's right but think about it if you were in their position
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Because looting all the snacks from 7/11 really shows how much they care about Freddie Gray.
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Originally posted by Snoopy
Well rioting has worked so well in the past, why not do it again?
I obviously don't condone police brutality, or police killing any body that is unarmed... but rioting in response isn't going to fix it... nor is looting shops, torching buildings and acting like an uncivilised imbecile.
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neither do protests
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Originally posted by Goosey
Because looting all the snacks from 7/11 really shows how much they care about Freddie Gray.
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Its a way to get their voices heard.
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Originally posted by DevonRoars
Its a way to get their voices heard.
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I'm sure.
"...mmf mmf mmf..."
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Goosey, save them! What is the solution to all this?
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Originally posted by jonasha
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Yasssss 7/11 better get that promo, sholda side ways smack it smack it in the ayre
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Originally posted by MP2K
Goosey, save them! What is the solution to all this?
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Change police culture and address underlying socioeconomic problems.
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Originally posted by Goosey
Change police culture and address underlying socioeconomic problems.
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Don't forget most of the snack looters are teenagers, not the adults of the community.
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Ow 'Murica though
Well if its attention they wanted then they've got it allright too bad this is just making them seen more uncivilised than anything
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Originally posted by jonasha
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They better not drop that alcohol.
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Originally posted by Mani.
Oh please. Give me a break. MLK got more accomplished than any of these idiots have with the civil rights movement. What part of "They don't give a damn if we act like hooligans because they expect us to" don't y'all understand? I have to live here and now I may be out of a job because of this ********. People that live in reality have families to feed and bills to pay. I don't care about teenagers trying to re-create the purge movie in their fantasy world. This movement is not going to do **** but add these damages to our taxes over time. Maryland is already one of the poorest cities with the highest living expenses to begin with.
This will not change a damn thing. It still happened after Ferguson and it will happen after this. It will continue to be a cycle of karma because of this "You hurt me, I hurt you" mindset. It's going to take that small, strong group of minorities coming together with a clear thought process and a great plan that gets us into action. I will never condone violence against anyone, especially when they have families and homes to go to too.
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MLK practiced peace, yet he got shot. HE. GOT. SHOT.
And he did accomplish a lot, but he was fighting for changes to explicitly racist legislation. At this point most of those laws have long since been overtuned and, theoretically, white people and minorities are equals. It's this society and, in these cases, how the law is applied that are the issue.
Before Ferguson, USA has been very peaceful (in terms of these events). In the meantime, more and more black people (and minorities) have been moved into places of power, and the most powerful man in the world is black. All that and yet nothing, not in reality, has changed.
No, looting stores won't help anyone. But it's pretty clear that, no matter how many talk about ~minorities coming together with a plan~ (What plan?), white supremacy is inherent in US society, and that won't ever be changed. These riots are the actions of people who are well aware of this, are over it and give no ****s about following laws in a society literally built in order to supress them at every turn. Since you're so determined to mention MLK at every opportunity, he himself said "riot is the language of the unheard". Well, there you go.
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Originally posted by RainDreamer
Ow 'Murica though
Well if its attention they wanted then they've got it allright too bad this is just making them seen more uncivilised than anything
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America has done a lot more uncivilized things
this is a revolution
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Originally posted by Golo*****
MLK practiced peace, yet he got shot. HE. GOT. SHOT.
And he did accomplish a lot, but he was fighting for changes to explicitly racist legislation. At this point most of those laws have long since been overtuned and, theoretically, white people and minorities are equals. It's this society and, in these cases, how the law is applied that are the issue.
Before Ferguson, USA has been very peaceful (in terms of these events). In the meantime, more and more black people (and minorities) have been moved into places of power, and the most powerful man in the world is black. All that and yet nothing, not in reality, has changed.
No, looting stores won't help anyone. But it's pretty clear that, no matter how many talk about ~minorities coming together with a plan~ (What plan?), white supremacy is inherent in US society, and that won't ever be changed. These riots are the actions of people who are well aware of this, are over it and give no ****s about following laws in a society literally built in order to supress them at every turn. Since you're so determined to mention MLK at every opportunity, he himself said "riot is the language of the unheard". Well, there you go.
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Originally posted by Golo*****
These riots are the actions of people who are well aware of this, are over it and give no ****s about following laws in a society literally built in order to supress them at every turn. Since you're so determined to mention MLK at every opportunity, he himself said "riot is the language of the unheard". Well, there you go.
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How wonderful. We should applaud these loote....
Wait, no, what kind of excuse? They need to be locked up.
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Originally posted by DevonRoars
America has done a lot more uncivilized things
this is a revolution
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What kind of logic
So because people have done uncivilized things before then it makes doing uncivilized things okay?
Am saying this with regards to what their trying to achieve: being recognised and treated as being important like every other human being. But i doubt people with think of people who burn down their town as important members of society
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WOW. Reminds me of the UK riots a couple years ago. I hope things calm down.
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Goosey's been banned for the longest...
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Originally posted by Buyonce1814
WOW. Reminds me of the UK riots a couple years ago. I hope things calm down.
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I was researching about them last night, and the police response was 10x better. 3,100 people were arrested and the police was actually dispersing rioters, whereas these baltimore police seem to just be standing in a line behind a barricade doing nothing
All without guns too, how 'bout that!
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Originally posted by Goosey
How wonderful. We should applaud these loote....
Wait, no, what kind of excuse? They need to be locked up.
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Can you read? Do you posess any kind of reading comprehension skills? Please point out exactly where I said we should applaud them. I beg you.
In actual fact, the only judgement I passed on them was that rioting doesn't accomplish anything. I'm simply understanding why they are doing these things. Because, if you didn't realize, these are human beings and there is usually a reason for human actions.
Black people have been quiet for decades, and they've remained down in the place the white society allocated for them decades ago. Before Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, these things were happening at exactly the same rate.
They have had enough, and if you were capable of reading and had ever read a history book, you would know that this is the kind of thing that regularly happens when groups have been pushed to breaking point. They revolt, they riot and revolutions/coup d'etats/whatever are born. These people are well aware they can never win, and so this is the dimension it takes.
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