Seven police officers injured in violent clash near Mondawmin Mall
Source: The Baltimore Sun
Seven police officers were injured Monday afternoon in a violent clash with demonstrators near Mondawmin Mall. One was unresponsive and others suffered broken bones, police spokesman Eric Kowalczyk said.
Smoke filled the air as police responded with shields and a tactical vehicle. Demonstrators pelted officers with rocks, bricks and bottles, and assaulted a photojournalist.
"The group continues to be violent and aggressive. They are disobeying dispersal orders. We are working to evacuate our injured officers," police said on Twitter.
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philosslayer
(3,076 posts)N/t
Cal33
(7,018 posts)the only thing that matters to them. The hell with everybody else.
Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Once again, the instigators of this riot----the law-and-order political clowns----are safely tucked away behind their computer monitors hunting and pecking to spell the word "thug".
Why aren't they on the front line facing real people who are damaged by police brutality to protect the ideological purity?
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Ahpook
(2,750 posts)But I struggle with this. Would Martin Luther King Jr, Kennedy or any of the great minds condone these things? I find it really hard to get behind, but understand.
It hurts to see the way we treat each other. That I will never understand
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)Don't make a right.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)And some folks can't be bothered to work. Sad.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)I am hoping the Populist Movement will make gains enough to head it off. The Plutocratic Oligarchs that run this country would love a revolution.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)cops? Is there any scenario where violent protesters win and the problem with our relationship with authority is fixed?
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)by pro-order/pro-authority citizens. Racism is unabashedly rearing its ugly head. They are calling for shooting of all insurrectionists and even shooting of people who run from police. It's seriously getting crazy from where I'm sitting.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Really. FB and these immediate reply systems act as positive feedback systems (positive, not as in "good", but as in "escalating" . It could spread like wildfire, given the right conditions. And lots of people are really on the edge.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)of that community have suffered. And I certainly don't want to come off as judgmental or preachy. But I just wish that anyone who is considering looting and/or rioting would realize that they are playing right into the hands of the cops. The cops will just use this as an excuse to commit even more violence against the community. Please people stay peaceful.
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)"The Fire Next Time"
onehandle
(51,122 posts)...is what I expect Wayne LaPierre and gun culture to respond with.
candelista
(1,986 posts)If "Baltimore" is "Balmer," then "Mondawmin" is _________________?
alp227
(32,033 posts)CullenBohannon
(64 posts)savalez
(3,517 posts)Can't keep abusing people and not expect a reaction.