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Baltimore: The Next Ferguson? (2 Viewers)

That CNN reporter on the scene is either gonna get mashed by a random rioter or end up in the hospital from all the smoke.

 
So they are trying to stop the fire on the CVS and dumb asses on TV are visibility sticking a knife into the hose near the hydrant

 
tdoss said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
Gary Coal Man said:
The Baltimore Sun, April 27, 2015

Al Sharpton to visit city, plan march to Washington over Gray's death

The Rev. Al Sharpton, said Monday he plans to visit Baltimore this week to help push police for answers in the death of Freddie Gray. The New York-based civil rights activist also wants to plan a two-day march in May from Baltimore to Washington, expressing frustration in the lack of answers into Gray's death.
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This is the guy the President brings into the White House to advise him.

Sharpton is $4 million in debt to the IRS, he appears on cable news tv with his own show, goes to gin up "protests," makes money off of that with his National Action Network, and then he goes on tv to "report" on the discord brewing, which he helps make happen.

Then he's invited to the WH to advise the president.

Wow.
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Sadly...what is the President supposed to do? This guy is always propped up as being a so called black leader...if you refuse him you're refusing the black voice (symbolically). You think he wants Kanye to shock Mike Myers again?Hands are tied here...these are no win situations when race is at the forefront of everything.

Cops go in and shut down this riot (almost impossible without some harm coming)...they're racists who used too much force (you can almost understand the use of the water hoses and dogs back in the day now)...or if they sit back and hope clearer heads will prevail and it'll peter out and they're accused of not caring about black people and their community.

No way I'd be a cop...
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He has no choice? :lmao:
 
tdoss said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
tdoss said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
Gary Coal Man said:
The Baltimore Sun, April 27, 2015

Al Sharpton to visit city, plan march to Washington over Gray's death

The Rev. Al Sharpton, said Monday he plans to visit Baltimore this week to help push police for answers in the death of Freddie Gray. The New York-based civil rights activist also wants to plan a two-day march in May from Baltimore to Washington, expressing frustration in the lack of answers into Gray's death.
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This is the guy the President brings into the White House to advise him.

Sharpton is $4 million in debt to the IRS, he appears on cable news tv with his own show, goes to gin up "protests," makes money off of that with his National Action Network, and then he goes on tv to "report" on the discord brewing, which he helps make happen.

Then he's invited to the WH to advise the president.

Wow.
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Sadly...what is the President supposed to do? This guy is always propped up as being a so called black leader...if you refuse him you're refusing the black voice (symbolically).Hands are tied here...there are no win situations when race is at the forefront of everything.

Cops go in and shut down this riot (almost impossible without some harm coming)...almost they're racists who used too much force (you can almost understand the use of the water hoses and dogs back in the day now)...or if the sit back and hope clearer heads will prevail and it'll peter out and they're accused of not caring about black people and their community.

No way I'd be a cop...
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I dunno, maybe not invite him to the WH? Maybe ignore his advice and tell people he's a lousy example? Maybe invite black leaders who are constructive and talk about reforms that matter rather than profit off of outrage they themselves help generate?
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I agree...but who has the black community embraced as their go-to guy for these incidents? Sharpton...you refuse him and you refuse the black community.Quick...without looking any up...throw out some other names of reasonable black leaders that Obama should be inviting to talk about this issue?

I don't care for Obama...but I can't blame him for Sharpton being the go to guy.
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Obama has demonstrated a propensity to be a racist. Sharpton is a racist, thus the 200 plus visits to the white house.

 
Pretty sad that Gray's family specifically asked that nobody protest today and yet this happens. Pretty solid proof that what is happening right now has nothing to do with racism, justice, or anything noble. It's nothing more than criminal. It's spitting in the face of Gray. It's spitting in the face of real change.

 
Willie Neslon said:
David Simon:

First things first.

Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed. And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city. Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard. All of that is true and all of that is still possible, despite what is now loose in the streets.

But now — in this moment — the anger and the selfishness and the brutality of those claiming the right to violence in Freddie Gray’s name needs to cease. There was real power and potential in the peaceful protests that spoke in Mr. Gray’s name initially, and there was real unity at his homegoing today. But this, now, in the streets, is an affront to that man’s memory and a dimunition of the absolute moral lesson that underlies his unnecessary death.

If you can’t seek redress and demand reform without a brick in your hand, you risk losing this moment for all of us in Baltimore. Turn around. Go home. Please.
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David Simon has long been a tendentious twit about political issues in his role as self-appointed "public intellectual." If he'd stopped and went home a long time ago, perhaps some small segment of the population wouldn't be participating in this.

 
rockaction said:
Willie Neslon said:
David Simon:

First things first.

Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed. And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city. Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard. All of that is true and all of that is still possible, despite what is now loose in the streets.

But now — in this moment — the anger and the selfishness and the brutality of those claiming the right to violence in Freddie Gray’s name needs to cease. There was real power and potential in the peaceful protests that spoke in Mr. Gray’s name initially, and there was real unity at his homegoing today. But this, now, in the streets, is an affront to that man’s memory and a dimunition of the absolute moral lesson that underlies his unnecessary death.

If you can’t seek redress and demand reform without a brick in your hand, you risk losing this moment for all of us in Baltimore. Turn around. Go home. Please.
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David Simon has long been a tendentious twit about political issues in his role as self-appointed "public intellectual." If he'd stopped and went home a long time ago, perhaps some small segment of the population wouldn't be participating in this.
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:lmao: Always money.

 
GroveDiesel said:
Pretty sad that Gray's family specifically asked that nobody protest today and yet this happens. Pretty solid proof that what is happening right now has nothing to do with racism, justice, or anything noble. It's nothing more than criminal. It's spitting in the face of Gray. It's spitting in the face of real change.
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The people rioting do not give a #### about Gray or his family.

 
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rockaction said:
Willie Neslon said:
David Simon:

First things first.

Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed. And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city. Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard. All of that is true and all of that is still possible, despite what is now loose in the streets.

But now — in this moment — the anger and the selfishness and the brutality of those claiming the right to violence in Freddie Gray’s name needs to cease. There was real power and potential in the peaceful protests that spoke in Mr. Gray’s name initially, and there was real unity at his homegoing today. But this, now, in the streets, is an affront to that man’s memory and a dimunition of the absolute moral lesson that underlies his unnecessary death.

If you can’t seek redress and demand reform without a brick in your hand, you risk losing this moment for all of us in Baltimore. Turn around. Go home. Please.
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David Simon has long been a tendentious twit about political issues in his role as self-appointed "public intellectual." If he'd stopped and went home a long time ago, perhaps some small segment of the population wouldn't be participating in this.
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THERE HE IS!

 
Limp Ditka said:
rockaction said:
Willie Neslon said:
David Simon:

First things first.

Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed. And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city. Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard. All of that is true and all of that is still possible, despite what is now loose in the streets.

But now — in this moment — the anger and the selfishness and the brutality of those claiming the right to violence in Freddie Gray’s name needs to cease. There was real power and potential in the peaceful protests that spoke in Mr. Gray’s name initially, and there was real unity at his homegoing today. But this, now, in the streets, is an affront to that man’s memory and a dimunition of the absolute moral lesson that underlies his unnecessary death.

If you can’t seek redress and demand reform without a brick in your hand, you risk losing this moment for all of us in Baltimore. Turn around. Go home. Please.
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David Simon has long been a tendentious twit about political issues in his role as self-appointed "public intellectual." If he'd stopped and went home a long time ago, perhaps some small segment of the population wouldn't be participating in this.
Click to expand...
THERE HE IS!
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David Simon has been doing his pseudo-intellectual race hustle for about ten years now. He's made a cottage industry out of it. For that, I applaud him.

 
GroveDiesel said:
Pretty sad that Gray's family specifically asked that nobody protest today and yet this happens. Pretty solid proof that what is happening right now has nothing to do with racism, justice, or anything noble. It's nothing more than criminal. It's spitting in the face of Gray. It's spitting in the face of real change.
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Sometimes change comes at the ballot box. And other times it comes through violence. This thing has been building and building and building. Every week we see another case of police brutality, with no end in sight. I'm surprised the people haven't snapped earlier.

 
Its going to get ugly tonight.

I'm talking about this thread.

 
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Burn down the CvS JUsTiCe!

Are the elites still kiss assing and partying a few miles down the road?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Gotta love the victory pose of the guy holding up the toilet paper with a subway burning in the background. Awesome Justice there oppressed one.

 
Dr Oadi said:
Burn down the CvS JUsTiCe!

Are the elites still kiss assing and partying a few miles down the road?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Gotta love the victory pose of the guy holding up the toilet paper with a subway burning in the background. Awesome Justice there oppressed one.
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You're a real annoying one, ain't ya?

 
Limp Ditka said:
Dr Oadi said:
Burn down the CvS JUsTiCe!

Are the elites still kiss assing and partying a few miles down the road?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Gotta love the victory pose of the guy holding up the toilet paper with a subway burning in the background. Awesome Justice there oppressed one.
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You're a real annoying one, ain't ya?
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Aww hell yeah. A city is burning but mocking them is annoying.

 
General Tso said:
Jack White said:
General Tso said:
man I have such a bad feeling about tonight...
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Yeah, after dark things are going to get even worse.
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Oh it's on. Make no mistake about it. They are raiding the Liquor stores now. Just what an angry mob needs. Along with cover of darkness. And a scared police force in full retreat.
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I imagine the police would like to stop the looting as well. It's not up to them though. It's up to the mayor.

 
irishidiot said:
Professional looters? Is their a spring training camp?
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Love that phrase. Probably tough to get a job in retail though when they look at your resume and it says 'Pro Looter - cleaned up big in Ferguson and Baltimore'.

 
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tdoss said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
tdoss said:
SaintsInDome2006 said:
Gary Coal Man said:
The Baltimore Sun, April 27, 2015

Al Sharpton to visit city, plan march to Washington over Gray's death

The Rev. Al Sharpton, said Monday he plans to visit Baltimore this week to help push police for answers in the death of Freddie Gray. The New York-based civil rights activist also wants to plan a two-day march in May from Baltimore to Washington, expressing frustration in the lack of answers into Gray's death.
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This is the guy the President brings into the White House to advise him.

Sharpton is $4 million in debt to the IRS, he appears on cable news tv with his own show, goes to gin up "protests," makes money off of that with his National Action Network, and then he goes on tv to "report" on the discord brewing, which he helps make happen.

Then he's invited to the WH to advise the president.

Wow.
Click to expand...
Sadly...what is the President supposed to do? This guy is always propped up as being a so called black leader...if you refuse him you're refusing the black voice (symbolically).Hands are tied here...there are no win situations when race is at the forefront of everything.

Cops go in and shut down this riot (almost impossible without some harm coming)...almost they're racists who used too much force (you can almost understand the use of the water hoses and dogs back in the day now)...or if the sit back and hope clearer heads will prevail and it'll peter out and they're accused of not caring about black people and their community.

No way I'd be a cop...
Click to expand...
I dunno, maybe not invite him to the WH? Maybe ignore his advice and tell people he's a lousy example? Maybe invite black leaders who are constructive and talk about reforms that matter rather than profit off of outrage they themselves help generate?
Click to expand...
I agree...but who has the black community embraced as their go-to guy for these incidents? Sharpton...you refuse him and you refuse the black community.Quick...without looking any up...throw out some other names of reasonable black leaders that Obama should be inviting to talk about this issue?

I don't care for Obama...but I can't blame him for Sharpton being the go to guy.
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Why does he need anyone? Didn't he use to be a black community leader at one point. Wasn't that something he used as a qualification for being President?

 
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