Baltimore getting ugly

[Biergott]

Just postponed the game with the ChiSox after consulting with police.  No link yet...

[Chris]

uggh...

[eaterfan]

How can anyone tell? It's Baltimore.

[Biergott]

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/04/27/baltimore-orioles-game-white-sox-protests

[Jay]

Baltimore Mayor: ‘Gave Those Who Wished to Destroy Space to Do That’

 

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/25/baltimore-mayor-gave-those-who-wished-to-destroy-space-to-do-that/

[Schildog]

Sheeeeeeit

[Jay]

Sheeeeeeit

 

nice Wire reference

[Angel Oracle]

That Baltimore mayor is one screwball.

LOL at the mayor's office saying her comments were taken out of context.

She should have thought out her statement then, before putting her foot in her mouth.

Edited April 27, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Jason]

Baltimore Mayor: ‘Gave Those Who Wished to Destroy Space to Do That’

 

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/25/baltimore-mayor-gave-those-who-wished-to-destroy-space-to-do-that/

Intelligent

[gotbeer]

Baltimore Mayor: ‘Gave Those Who Wished to Destroy Space to Do That’

 

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/25/baltimore-mayor-gave-those-who-wished-to-destroy-space-to-do-that/

 

So if you suffer property damage because of her statement, can you go after the city for damages?

[m0nkey]

Waiting for Cals

[Hollyw00d]

Sheeeeeeit

[Sully151]

Hasn't Baltimore been ugly for a while?

[mancini79]

First thought the Royals were playing in Baltimore. Seriously.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

It got so bad last night that people were asked not to leave the ballpark when the game ended. When the all clear was finally given, fans were asked to leave the area ASAP.

[DB24]

It's Baltimore, gentlemen....

 

 

[Lhalo]

[the dude abides]

How can anyone tell? It's Baltimore.

Made a wrong turn one time trying to get from Dulles to Lansdowne, Va. and ended up in Baltimore.

I don't recommend.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I learned this from Homicide: Life on the Street.

[the dude abides]

I heard Baltimore can be quite a fun town, if you have the right guide.

Miss Hester Mofet disagrees.

[Redondo]

I learned this from Homicide: Life on the Street.

 

+1

 

Good show

[mancini79]

The Hamsterdam Orioles.

[Redondo]

THE MORNING AFTER: A CITY UNDER SIEGE — AND A MAYOR UNDER FIRE

• BREAKING NEWS: New reports of looting in Baltimore as National Guard join police patrolling streets

Why did Baltimore mayor wait to enforce curfew?

 

OPINION: Baltimore mayor's 'balancing act' gave protesters permission to turn violent

[red321]

I enjoyed the video of the mom beating the crap out of her son.

 

It's easy to point the fingers at the rioters...and even some of the decisions by the local government.

 

Unfortunately that doesn't really address some of the underlying issues...a recent Baltimore Sun report highlights just how out of control the local police force is in that city.

 

http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/police-settlements/

 

 

Over the past four years, more than 100 people have won court judgments or settlements related to allegations of brutality and civil rights violations. Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson.

Those cases detail a frightful human toll. Officers have battered dozens of residents who suffered broken bones — jaws, noses, arms, legs, ankles — head trauma, organ failure, and even death, coming during questionable arrests. Some residents were beaten while handcuffed; others were thrown to the pavement.

And in almost every case, prosecutors or judges dismissed the charges against the victims — if charges were filed at all. In an incident that drew headlines recently, charges against a South Baltimore man were dropped after a video showed an officer repeatedly punching him — a beating that led the police commissioner to say he was “shocked.”

Such beatings, in which the victims are most often African-Americans, carry a hefty cost. They can poison relationships between police and the community, limiting cooperation in the fight against crime, the mayor and police officials say. They also divert money in the city budget — the $5.7 million in taxpayer funds paid out since January 2011 would cover the price of a state-of-the-art rec center or renovations at more than 30 playgrounds. And that doesn’t count the $5.8 million spent by the city on legal fees to defend these claims brought against police.

 

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/

 

 

I don't agree with all of Mr. Coates statement here...but it offers something to think about

 

When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise." Wisdom isn't the point tonight. Disrespect is. In this case, disrespect for the hollow law and failed order that so regularly disrespects the community.

Edited April 28, 2015 by red321

[nando714]

More idiots destroying their own neighborhood