Anyone want to fill me in on what's going on in Baltimore?

[noob]

http://gorillafeed.com/want-these-photos-inside-7-eleven-being-looted-in-baltimore-to-be-seen/

I saw this link to pictures of places getting looted in Baltimore. But they say they are also protesting over there. Is there a reason? Is it the broken neck guy?

 

[Jmfox3]

Full blown riot. They've lost control of a significant portion of the city.

 

[RedStickChick]

Riots due to 'irresponsible police care'.

Freddie Gray did not get timely medical care after he was arrested and was not buckled into a seat belt while being transported in a police van, Baltimore police said Friday.

Police Commissioner Anthony Batts told reporters there are no excuses for the fact that Gray was not buckled in as he was transported to a police station.

Five days after Gray's death and amid ongoing protests, police officials acknowledged mistakes were made during and after his arrest.

Gray, who was stopped April 12 after a foot pursuit through several housing complexes, should have received medical attention at the scene of his arrest, said Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. A witness said the man was yelling and indicated he was having difficulty breathing.

Batts told reporters in an afternoon news conference: "We know our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times."

 

[ta2d_cop]

Ferguson2.0- the new "normal" when you are the victim of injustice.

 

[machinedrummer]

Sounds like the mayor has it under control. Just do what she says and all will be better in the morning. She might have a chance at a run for the White House in 2016. She is all about free speech.

 

[JHenley17]

Thanks, Obama. Literally.

 

[SpeedRacer]

Ferguson2.0- the new "normal" when you are the victim of injustice.

With the added bonus of a mayor who believes allowing people to smash police cars and destroy businesses is just "giving them space to express their first amendment rights."

 

[general mills]

"Anyone want to fill me in on what's going on in Baltimore? "

Some people's interpretation of justice.

 

[hkump]

I've got a serious question. If you are a business owner and you see a bunch of thugs that are carrying baseball bats, weapons, etc into your business, do we have the right to shoot to kill in Louisiana legally? I feel that we have the right to protect our employees and clients from harm by whatever means necessary.

 

[jdavid1]

If a person is carrying a weapon with intent to harm you, then you have the full right to dispatch the threat.

 

[kingfhb]

It has nothing to do with "Justice"... it's an excuse to destroy property and loot.

 

[Pas Tout La]

It has nothing to do with "Justice"... it's an excuse to destroy property and loot.

BINGO.

And that mayor is a f'n idiot. She should have been thrown out on her ass right after she made that ridiculous comment.

 

[noob]

I saw the "comment" about letting them have their space to exercise their freedom of speech, but I think it's Bc she's black and she wants the "black community to be heard. But just like Mardi Gras, if you are going to have a large mass of people be anywhere, you better have the proper personnel and amount of them to make sure things stay orderly. Plus I thought it was illegal for large numbers of people to congregate without a permit?

 

[general mills]

It has nothing to do with "Justice"... it's an excuse to destroy property and loot.

Your correct. I was trying to convey sarcasm. I wish it was feasible for the police to just block off some streets and let them burn themselves out for a couple weeks. Let them get dirty, hungry and thirsty, and let the survivors beg to be taken to jail to get relief.

 

[noob]

New Orleans being the "chocolate city", are we prepared for something like this? We've been having murders in the city almost daily lately. And it's only a matter of time a police officer down here puts down a poor "innocent" black man.

If there are riots, where will the "safe" places be? where would they congregate? Can we protect our neighborhoods? I know after Katrina, there was a man standing guard with an AK variant at the small bridge over a canal that is the 1 way in/out of his little neighborhood. If you didn't belong, he would tell you to turn around.

 

[MTregre]

Anyone have a link to either city's police scanner feeds?

 

[hkump]

MTregre......go here http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/3918/web

 

[MTregre]

appreciated good sir

 

[Magdump]

If a person is carrying a weapon with intent to harm you, then you have the full right to dispatch the threat.

Can I get an AMEN!

 

[gandog56]

I've got a serious question. If you are a business owner and you see a bunch of thugs that are carrying baseball bats, weapons, etc into your business, do we have the right to shoot to kill in Louisiana legally? I feel that we have the right to protect our employees and clients from harm by whatever means necessary.

Ask the ex-mayor of New Orleans Raglin when he started confiscating guns after Katrina. Oh that's right, it might be hard since he got sentenced for ten years!