Prayers for the city..

Such a shining example of youth.  

What I don't get is that some posters are focused on the violence, the looting, and rioting that was done by some, and mostly ALL are saying we didn't want this! Just because the destruction is catastrophic for the city and has been quite dramatic with news coverage and all, doesn't mean that is the focus and that is the point. The point is greater than that, and the focus is there are people within the community that were out trying to stop the few, and even more are up trying to clean up and re-establish their already strong sense of community. So to Guarddog, go to B-more now and get pictures of that. Much more impressive photo journalism story in my opinion then same damn broken windows and trash in the street.

I LOVE our TER community!  It is very diverse and is comprised of (mostly) inteligent people who are (mostly) kind and supportive of each other.  I think we all recognize that our community is unfairly stigmatized and stereotyped and marginalized out of ignorance and personal/political agendas.

I'm very much on the outside looking in in regards to this, so I thought I'd maybe contribute what might be a differing opinion:

and Black head of patrol, and the department is 43% black, and the city has been an exclusively Democrat (the black party, aka blacks vote Dem 98%) for generations.

The riots are burning out buildings and several cops have had broken bones and been knocked unconscious by bricks.

Obama and Cummings the core problem is that the "rich" don't pay enough taxes and give more money to the black minority.

marginalize and criminalize and entire community via lack of quality education and lack of advancement via quality employment opportunities, and then also compound that by beating and/or murdering them at the hands of their "protectors", you should not be surprised at all when they get pissed and start fighting back.  

Hopefully this time around the Indians will win.

This is Not some Lindsay Lohan I keep getting arrested and mad at the world.... though she has every opportunity in the world.  

First, if you think Brown (legitimately shot after attempting to take an officer's weapon) plus Trayvon (legitimately shot during assault) plus that fat guy in NYC (died after legit brief take down due to massive obesity) plus that guy in Charleston (a true injustice, and the cop indicted for murder) and Grey (true tragedy, facts not yet known)  equal a WAR on blacks, the obvious implication of your silly post, then you clearly are not someone who lets facts or reason stand in the way of your opinions.

lack of quality education?... hmm, that must be why Asians do so well, because we send them to the special schools where we keep all the quality education locked up, right?  In point of fact, nobody knows how to make a majority black school give a quality education... unlimited money, new facilities, motivated young teachers, all prove unable to make a smidge of difference.

If the police withdrew for 1 week, the "people of Baltimore", and even the select subset who are the rioters and their community, would be begging for them to come back.   False dichotomy.  And since you are so understanding of rioters and their motivations... what about the Baltimore police, half of whom are black, who have to try to keep order and deal with the most violent and foul people and the worst messes on a daily basis... wonder why they might be coarsened or hardened?  

why?  I'm tired of the lies (Hands Up, Don't Shoot!..er never happened, even Holder admitted that) and excuses

cuz none of that is their fault - it is the white devils fault just like in Indian times!

Black Mayor, Black Police Chief, Black Head of Patrol (second in command), 43% black Police Force, 60% Black City Council.   Democratic town, entirely beholden to the black vote.

bad education brought to you by libs: teachers unions, lack of discipline in homes, welfare state; no daddy (see welfare state), plenty of money spent though

Far more people looting than peacefully protesting.  Just because you say 'few' doesn't make it so.  There were few people peacefully protesting compared to the many looting.

Priorities... SMH!!!  

I wonder how the owners of those small businesses would feel about that? Seems to me more than a few of them were destroyed, burned to the ground. You insult everyone's intelligence by minimizing that. Preteeeee ladeeeeee..........................

Not going to waste my time "explaining" things to you that you don't have the mental acuity to understand.

You're just so used to institutionalized racism and blaming other people that as long as it's not your family or friends, you just don't give a fuck. Very Christian of you.  

...the Baltimore mother who went out and got her son off the streets in front of everyone.  What a brave woman!

You're going the wrong direction.  Look further out, not closer-in.

Just asking.

They, meaning black community leaders, worked hard to get the CVS into the neighborhood...and it was burned down.  Yeah, incentive for money to be put into these neighborhoods.

The black man is never at fault!  LOL.  

...or did they walk there, I'm confused.

So to come after me and my person, no I can't identify with anything that is going on in B-more, but as a person, that can and will always be stereotyped and misunderstood in the world for things that are beyond my control, I can on some level understand. And as for "black community" pooling, I do have a family thank you! And as a person that is compassionate for other human beings out here, just trying to make it, I can rationalize and try to put myself in another's shoes. At least I can do that!  

There won't be a black population because black men want to fuck and marry white and asian women.  Black women are choosing not to get married or have kids.

but I know that you are a pussy buying hypocrit who could give that spare money to the little victim-criminals

I am not arresting anyone you fool - the cops are arresting criminals who steal, assault and kill.  Why don't you contribute some of your hypocrit pussy money for their legal defense fund.

It is just a damn broken window. Luckily the community is not broken. I think the business owners of B-more are more concerned with the people of their community not having the problems they had to draw them to such a dismal state.

The View, Oprah, MSNBC, Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, Barack Obama, what do you mean they don't have a voice.  They have the bully pulpit and the have the bull horn, what more do you want?

Calling you out because your'e so full of hypocrisy.

You want to live in a neighborhood with graffiti on the walls and buildings? Heck, its just paint.

So yeah OK...  

you must have got your schooling in Baltimore city LOL.  

You just ran right around them.  You THINK you're black, but you're a Hostess Cup Cake.

But feel free to be pissed off, let off some steam.

but you missed MY point. That neighborhood is in desperate need of economic stimulation. Why wouldn't it come? And why would anyone invest there now? They won't. As I'm watching now they're back at it again. And where's the mayor? Prepping for another Meet the Depressed appearance? She was too busy worring about her political future to agree with the city council last fall when they demanded body cameras. She wanted more 'study.' Study what I'll posit? But its our fault. And everyone there gets off the hook.  

Laughter is good medicine.

Again, from board to board, you misquote what I said and put words in my mouth. I get it, on a fuckboard, so don't put words in my mouth, I am truly only worried about getting dick in my mouth, but I digress...  

If they would just run these assholes who came in to stir shit up after a week of peaceful protests, get a mayor who's worried more about the community than her future, get a fucking chief of police who knows what he's doing, properly train their police, lock up assholes who have about 18 felonies so they don't take up the public's dime, and find a way to entice business to invest (it can be done) and find some damn parents who give a shit, Baltimore CAN be prosperous and saved. I didn't insult you? Well I'm relieved. I was worried there for a bit.

The police who killed Mr. Gray - no excuses.  Prosecute to the fullest.
Looters and arsonists, etc., no excuses.  Prosecute to the fullest (those you can successfully ID anyway).

flying over your head.  

I was raised Christian, yes... although I now reside somewhere on the spectrum between spiritual, agnostic, and atheist. It differs daily depending on when you ask me.

It's ok though... It's hard work being a racist... Keep at it. Luckily, you're a dying breed.

I'm white. I think that a lot of police are tools. The few times I've been pulled over, I keep my hands visible on the steering wheel. I make no sudden movements--I tell the officer that I am retrieving my registration from the glove box.

exhibited in this thread, from all perspectives, makes me quake in my boots. And I assume that you all are the beneficiaries of a "good" education. Woe unto the world.

Truly, I think, when I see a homeless person and I'm on the way to spend $3 or $4, what if I gave the money to that person?  

I find this talk about “the Black community” disturbing. This “What’s wrong with Black people,” “What’s wrong with the Black community” vibe. There is no “Black Community.” There are Black communities. Small c. Ends in an s. We, Black people, use the phrase “the Black Community” in the same sense some people use the phrase “the global community.” Not in some homogenous, monolithic sense.

When poor White people were still clustered in urban areas, they used to riot, too. Actually, middle class White people used to riot with them on occasion. They called these joint appearances “lynchings.” And the noose found White necks as well as Black.

There you go again, putting everybody in the same category.  Kind of like the no AA men under 40 provider posts on back page.  Its not old black women, old black men, or Oreos that have anything to worry about.  You're not the demographic thats being targeted.

my bad, sorry - but I am pissed, Baltimore is a great town brought low by lib nonsense like many others.

And I was born in b-more city. I'd go to that part of the city for the MVA as it was the closest and I shopped at mondawmin several times. Half my fam is from b-more and half is from DC. I've lived in b-more county and PG county. I frequented security square mall in the suburbs were another "riot" was planned. I grew up in the black suburbs of b-more county which was Woodlawn, lochearn, Milford mills, randallstown, owings mills/pikesvile to a degree...it's were black city folks moved to once they got a little paper.  

I agree, could be a great town, has potential.  This sets it back big time.  Hearing the rhetoric on this board cracks me up.  Let's throw more money at this problem, while these misunderstood teens run around in $300 Air Jordans on their feet.

Wouldn't want to mess up those nice white Air Jordans walking to work, now would we.  I guess they could r.  Need to ride in style on my 32s.

And damn near everyone is guilty of one that requires jail time!!! Police only find what they are actively searching! If I was a federal prosecutor I could have everyone in the whole fucking area brought up on charges! Politics is the only thing keeping most of of you all out of jail!!! Average person commits 3 felonies a day, right?  

Who knew prison cost money? Not me!!! But you know what? I'd rather pay taxes to lock up a hoodlum with many felonies so I don't have to pay taxes to reubuild the neighborhood he torched. You do know don't you who'll pay that bill don't you? No, it won't be insurance companies. And just how quickly do you suspect cvs rebuilds? And yes I'd wager on not soon if at all. Do you really think more welfare's the answer? Seriously? I heard some local politician last night decree Baltimore needs more 'green jobs.' Fuck that. They need ANY jobs. Did you know people work at Camden Yards? Except when fans aren't allowed in to the game of course.  

The kid should not have died however he did. No one even with a criminal rap sheet deserves to be killed or beat by another. Life is too precious. For everyone.  

It would seem to be those protesting and making excuses for the rioters that are making this a thing about the Black Community and the oppression thereof, by The Police (another homogenous block).    

Thanks.

And where do you get your statistics? Please tell. Should the 'thugs' who set the fires and looted be given a pass? Now one is criticized for calling rioters and looters 'thugs' as its synonymous with the 'N' word. Interesting though how cops can be whitewashed but not rioters and looters. At least the O's will be playing 'home' games in Tampa this weekend. I guess jobs at Camden are irrelevant right?

but your pussy money could pay for a bottle or two of Ripple for your constituents .  See "investment" below.

yup lib name calling  see gibberish post below!

the more hysterical they (libs) become - then the name calling starts cuz they've run to the end of their really short  logic string

nothing, nor do you deserve anything..  I harmed you in no way nor did my grandparents harm yours.  Even if they did, that was their issue, not mine or yours

First off, this has been one of the few backlashes where it was warranted. Cut and dry, they killed him after he was illegally arrested (Mayor's own words). He truly did nothing wrong when this all happened, it does not matter what his priors were. He wasn't doing anything illegal nor was he wanted at the time. People been protesting when it wasn't the cops fault (on some of the bigger protests, not all but most). They have a job to do and if they use reasonable force or a guy is trying to kill the cop, they do have a right to do something.  

That is one of the stupidest posts I've ever seen here. Way to go.

A lot of the looters were from out of town. Just like at Ferguson. I don't think the burning and looting was necessarily indicitive of the locals.

It wasn't going well for our boy so I guess he decided some surgery was called for.

When your ancestors were being persecuted, so were mine in another country.

linked arms and put themselves in front of the police, willing to take the bricks and bottles with them.  Then, where the curfew came, they got on bullhorns and convinced everyone to go home.  The result, very few arrests and little violence.  No fires.  Good for them.

You are all-wise.

That really said a lot.  I also like how Baltimore residents are telling "outsiders"to go away.

stuck around  & provided some guidance things might be different ... but then again, who cares? No one else can change it, and they never have ... it's become a self fulfilling prophesy.

I went to high school in western Balto Co in the early 1970's -- very different demographics then. My track (as in track and field) record had gone to dust.

be great members of society without... I can show you some toxic white folk if you'd like and you'd never, ever say a bad thing about AA if I showed you how they are.. Don't lump all with some.