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In reply to the discussion: Eyewitnesses: The Baltimore Riots Didn't Start the Way You Think [View all]Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)8. I am completely unfamiliar with Baltimore.
But when I first heard the reports talking about violence at a shopping mall, I immediately thought of teenagers.
In my city, any mall that is near a high school gets fairly crowded with kids during after school hours. I would think it would be quite threatening to see "hundreds of cops" in full riot gear show up at your after school hangout.
Is that the way that law enforcement is trained to calm an already volatile situation? I would think that technique would only accelerate the inevitable chaos.
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damnedifIknow
Apr 2015
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Well it does seem that the intense focus on the 6 thug cops has turned somewhat toward the riot. So
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#16
I swear, I wonder who gave the heads up to the media to make sure they got coverage.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2015
#6
BPD has an image problem ... so "rescue" the city from rioting mobs and restore public favor ...
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2015
#13
Reminds me of how some in Ferguson said it was not folks in the protest who started fires -
truedelphi
Apr 2015
#23
The kids were "kettled" - done in England - bottle them up until something boils over.
djean111
Apr 2015
#31
Baltimore activist 'kidnapped' on live TV is in jail despite having hands up 'the whole time'
JonLP24
Apr 2015
#38
City buses. Elementary school students get yellow busses, middle and HS use the city bus.
LeftyMom
Apr 2015
#40
a police-manufactured riot designed to enable the new governor to call in the NG ... shades of
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2015
#36