Baltimore Residents Begin Clearing Debris After Night of Riots
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#2"the police said some firefighters were reportedly having cinder blocks heaved at them as they responded to emergencies."
That's pathetic.
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#3My wife and I live in Baltimore, in Mt. Vernon. We were having dinner the other night in Bolton Hill (a quiet residential area), and four guys ran by the restaurant and tried to throw a chair through the window (chairs turned out to be heavier than they thought). People vandalized the Rite-Aid a few blocks from our apartment, and set fire to a building we could see out our window.
Being from Bangladesh I'm not worried (what's happening in Baltimore happens in Dhaka every other month). But it's a reminder of how fragile the social order is and how close we always are to its collapse.
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#4Did I see the Mayor of Baltimore at a press conference saying they "gave room for people that wanted to destroy"?
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#5"the police said some firefighters were reportedly having cinder blocks heaved at them as they responded to emergencies." That's pathetic.
and their fire hoses vandalized, apparently
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#6Did I see the Mayor of Baltimore at a press conference saying they "gave room for people that wanted to destroy"?
I assume the context was talking about the police department hiring practices.
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#7This is what happens when you have an above the law police force that preys on entire neighborhoods that feel like they have been cast aside.
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#8"the police said some firefighters were reportedly having cinder blocks heaved at them as they responded to emergencies." That's pathetic.
Sometimes vandalism is faked, created in order to generate propaganda images: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/why-were-police-...
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#9It's unfortunate that it had to come to this, but I believe the rioters were justified in their actions. If the police departments in the United States do not account for their actions, or worse, defend officers that have committed acts that show an indiscriminate disregard for the well being of those they're sworn to protect, they should be prepared to face violent resistance from the people.
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#10Did I see the Mayor of Baltimore at a press conference saying they "gave room for people that wanted to destroy"?
I think the context was in order to give space for nonviolent protest, they created a space where some people would act in unproductive/violent ways.
My take was it was meant in a similar spirit as our free speech protections; allowing wide berths for free speech leads to a lot of destructive speech. Preventing nonviolent protests requires militarization a la Ferguson.