Is anyone else getting disgusted with Baltimore?

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:36:45 -0400

is anybody else getting as disgusted about Baltimore as me? i understand they are upset and everyone has the right to protest, but why destroy your own home? it makes no sense to me.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 6:45 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:45:47 -0400

It is "Ferguson" all over again. Rioting and looting are not the answer. We, as the American society, didn't learn the first time. Hopefully the second time of not learning will end the trend.

Response by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 7:08 AM

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:08:34 -0400

maybe i'm not very sympathetic to the racial tension thing since i'm only a white man who lives near downtown atlanta and have to go there quite often to work, and growing up in El Paso TX, where you can be going out to a job site and get life threats just because you are white, so what do i know about the subject.

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 7:38 AM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:38:42 -0400

Yes Sir, I live, go to school, and work in Baltimore. I am totally disgusted at the fact that these thugs are perpetuating the stereotypes and racism we are trying to avoid. They are destroying the very city they live in, and causing loss of employment, also a factor they complain about.

Response by PO1 Jason Taylor made Apr 29 at 2015 7:53 AM

PO1 Jason Taylor — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:53:19 -0400

It's a simple case of demographics, they where given everything for free so they will not respect it!

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made Apr 29 at 2015 10:26 AM

CPT Zachary Brooks — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:26:38 -0400

While the situation as a whole is disgusting you do need to look at the positive aspects in the vicinity:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-mother-toya-graham-on-why-she-smacked-son-i-dont-want-him-to-be-a-freddie-gray/

Mom really cares about her son.

Baltimore mom who smacked son during riots: "I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray"

Woman captured on viral video explains why she lashed out at her son in an exclusive interview with CBS News

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 1 at 2015 5:21 AM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Fri, 01 May 2015 05:21:43 -0400

Response by LCpl Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 7:24 AM

LCpl Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 01 May 2015 07:24:23 -0400

I don't know if anyone has noticed but riots in America aren't new. It's just the way the MEDIA is acknowledging it and I know how these young people feel and I don't agree with the rioting and looting but why are people "disgusted" with it now? There were riots when Ohio State won the 2015 NCAA Championship and those kids were just a bunch of kids starting trouble, they weren't "thugs" or "criminals". But I don't like how people say its JUST wrong to riot when it predominately black people doing it but when its the other way around they're just kids acting a fool. I'll leave some examples:

2015 Ohio State Wins Championship
2014 San Francisco Giants win the World Series
2011 Vancouver Canucks lose the Stanley Cup
1999 Denver Broncos win the Super Bowl

1992 Rodney King riots/LA riots - King was tasered, kicked in the head, beaten with side-handled batons, then tackled and cuffed. The video showed that he was crawling on the ground during the beating and that the police made no attempt to cuff him.

2015 Baltimore Riots - Freddie Gray was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade, which was illegal under Baltimorean law at the time. While being transported, Gray fell into a coma and was taken to a trauma center. Gray died on April 19, 2015. His death was ascribed to injuries to his spinal cord. Eyewitness accounts suggested that the officers involved had partaken in unnecessary use of force against Gray while arresting him.

So you can be disgusted by the rioting and looters but please don't make it seem like this is new. I don't like rioting or looting but I do think that rioting over police brutality is a better reason than rioting over sports.

And yes, this is about race as much as nobody wants to admit it, it is.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 9:17 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:17:13 -0400

Not just Baltimore society this just happen in St Louis also and it has happened in severl places. What is wrong with people we have a justice system for a reason. If law enforcement is using to much force take to the courts and let them decide. Why ruin other innocent peoples lives for one mishap.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 9:28 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:28:24 -0400

It's all incredibly sad.

Response by 1SG Michael Blount made May 1 at 2015 12:04 PM

1SG Michael Blount — Fri, 01 May 2015 12:04:39 -0400

CNN Reporter Brooke Baldwin added fuel to the fire (pardon the pun) with her ill-chosen words, too.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/04/29/nr-sot-brooke-baldwin-veterans-apology.cnn?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion&iref=obnetwork

Talk about piling on! What the cops did was bad enough. The rioting worse, and the mayor's handling of the situation worse still. One would think a CNN reporter would be smart enough to know what s/he says can further inflame the situation and...voila!

Brooke Baldwin to Vets: 'I apologize' - CNN Video

CNN's Brooke Baldwin apologizes to former war veterans now serving as police officers for implying they were furthering problems in Baltimore.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 2 at 2015 5:40 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:40:12 -0400

Is it too soon to post counter protest comic relief?

Response by CH (MAJ) William Beaver made Jun 2 at 2015 6:38 AM

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:38:08 -0400

Yes, since 1967