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Watching Baltimore now on TV is scary (Original Post) kimbutgar Apr 2015 OP
People taunting them? HipChick Apr 2015 #1
It is? zappaman Apr 2015 #12
Will this become the norm? Cops kill someone, community responds by self destruction... NightWatcher Apr 2015 #2
I am in full support of the protesters they have gotten to a breaking point kimbutgar Apr 2015 #3
Ugh. Nice way to protest. phil89 Apr 2015 #5
You are probably white kimbutgar Apr 2015 #8
Well said! Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #15
When everyone above you seems to be supressing you or tolerating those who suppress you... HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #17
I am white Egnever Apr 2015 #21
This is probably how my relatives felt romanic Apr 2015 #4
Sure is starting to smell like the late 60s 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #6
Yep, exactly, it's like a déjà vu. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2015 #7
Good to know I was not the only one who saw that nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #9
Free for all at the Mall now seveneyes Apr 2015 #10
I love how they push commercials onto this coverage deutsey Apr 2015 #13
Jeezus the COMMENTS! dorkzilla Apr 2015 #14
There's racist trash inundating even DU alcibiades_mystery Apr 2015 #18
People are using this as an opportunity to loot. romanic Apr 2015 #16
Things will get better now that darkness is approaching. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #11
I saw Cvs burning, windows smashed, cars set 840high Apr 2015 #19
Chris HAYES realFedUp Apr 2015 #20

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
1. People taunting them?
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:22 PM
Apr 2015

as a result of them murdering unarmed black males? Anne Arundel County is know for racism..

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Will this become the norm? Cops kill someone, community responds by self destruction...
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:23 PM
Apr 2015

Ferguson, Baltimore, ?????

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
3. I am in full support of the protesters they have gotten to a breaking point
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:27 PM
Apr 2015


By taunting I don't mean it as negative but pissing the police off making them look cruel and fascist.
 

phil89

(1,043 posts)
5. Ugh. Nice way to protest.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:30 PM
Apr 2015

You think this will do anything but harm everyone involved? Congratulations on being part of the problem. They are harming the community and the people in it.

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
8. You are probably white
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:37 PM
Apr 2015

I have seen it first hand innocent black people getting stopped for being black. They have reached a breaking point. So I guess you got no problem with the white frat boys rioting and destroying during the pumpkin festival at Keane college in New Hampshire. Or the crazies at the Bundy ranch.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
17. When everyone above you seems to be supressing you or tolerating those who suppress you...
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:29 PM
Apr 2015

When murder, mostly of people who look just like you, seems legal because it is done by police to the poor people...

I do understand how it seems EVERYONE in society who is positioned above you -is- an enemy.

And that means police, local store owners, pay-day lenders, etc.

Violence isn't productive. Interesting (meh!) how after smashing cities around SW Asia, we come back to preaching our belief in that when it occurs in OUR cities by people WE suppress when WE see there might be something that challenges the status quo.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
21. I am white
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:43 PM
Apr 2015

Please explain to me how destroying the businesses serving their community helps them? Cause from my white perspective all I can think is, where will they get their food tomorrow. Or any of the other necessities of life that have just been destroyed.

I suppose it could be a catharsis for pent up anger but the end result will be a lack of willingness to invest in their community. As a White guy if I was looking for places to invest my money the last place I would pick would be the one that has shown a willingness to take out their anger on the innocent businesses that were trying to serve them.

Maybe there will be a huge influx of investment from black people who think that sort of behavior makes the community attractive Somehow I doubt it though.

Which leaves them better off how?




romanic

(2,841 posts)
4. This is probably how my relatives felt
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:29 PM
Apr 2015

when they watched Detroit burn in the 60s or the country felt when LA burned in the early 90s. It's scary to see.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
6. Sure is starting to smell like the late 60s
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:30 PM
Apr 2015

Endless war abroad, oppressive & violent police out-of-control on US streets

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
9. Good to know I was not the only one who saw that
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:42 PM
Apr 2015

just don't bother much anymore with making those observations

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
13. I love how they push commercials onto this coverage
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:59 PM
Apr 2015

This imposition of martial law is brought to you by...

I've seen more commercials than actual news coverage at this link.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
14. Jeezus the COMMENTS!
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:02 PM
Apr 2015

I didn’t see any streaming video but I sure saw enough hatred in the comments section!!! My eyes are burning! Holy fuck we have a ton of horrible racist assholes in this country!!!

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
18. There's racist trash inundating even DU
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:32 PM
Apr 2015

And not all by ahem new posters. Most of the usual suspects, of course.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
16. People are using this as an opportunity to loot.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:20 PM
Apr 2015

Those morons probably don't even know or care who Freddie was. :mad

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
11. Things will get better now that darkness is approaching.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:51 PM
Apr 2015

We'll see what's left of Baltimore in the morning.

Sad.

realFedUp

(25,053 posts)
20. Chris HAYES
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:40 PM
Apr 2015

Getting the wackiest wackos on the show. That pastor sounds like he got his certificate online.
What a dick.

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