Another great opportunity for effective protest lost.
Baltimore Residents Begin Clearing Debris After Night of Riots
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#12It'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.
Justified burning down a brand new senior community center and knocking out a cop with a brick to the head. Really?
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#13"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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#14It'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.
Justified burning down a brand new senior community center and knocking out a cop with a brick to the head. Really?
Were the police justified when they beat an unarmed suspect and denied him medical attention that would have saved his life? Were they justified when they refused to bring those responsible to justice?
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#15Northen America cities are really not geometrically in favour of law enforcement. L1 geometry + size of blocks gives an unfair advantage to the rioters. Which means law enforcement have to resort to excessive violence to squash demonstration, and the government to use excessive measures to protect social peace (such as spying their own citizens).
Designing cities for cars and not the "humans beings" may have been a cost.
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#16It'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.
How does "violent resistance from the people" against officers who "show an indiscriminate disregard for the well being of those they're sworn to protect" involve burning down a family owned business[0] that has nothing to do with the Freddie Gray case? How can you justify such acts?
[0]:http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/04/28/ctn-cuomo-liquor-sto...
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#17"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-...
And sometimes it's deemed "sports fans taking to the streets".
http://mic.com/articles/116680/11-stunning-images-highlight-...
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#18Another great opportunity for effective protest lost.
People have been protesting peacefully in Baltimore all last week with 0 answers from the police or elected officials. No media was talking about it, there was no Freddie Gray thread on hackernews, but now the whole world is talking about it.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Justified burning down a brand new senior community center and knocking out a cop with a brick to the head. Really?
Were the police justified when they beat an unarmed suspect and denied him medical attention that would have saved his life? Were they justified when they refused to bring those responsible to justice?
Ah, I see you are advocating a new system where injustices are answered with further injustices.
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#20"the police said some firefighters were reportedly having cinder blocks heaved at them as they responded to emergencies." That's pathetic.
More than pathetic, it proves that a subset of the protestors aren't really sympathetic to the cause - because this does nothing to solve racial tension, if anything, it exacerbates.