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In reply to the discussion: Eyewitnesses: The Baltimore Riots Didn't Start the Way You Think [View all]C Moon
(12,210 posts)10. I'd been watching footage from streaming sources and getting info from DU...
I was shocked tonight when I finally turned on CNN (when all the stream feeds were down).
CNN was focused on talking about the Bloods and the Crips.
But I do think CNN's footage in Baltimore was more realistic than what they had in Ferguson.
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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