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Title: Continuing riots plunge Baltimore into chaos
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Published: Apr 28, 2015
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Post Date: 2015-04-28 02:58:55 by rlk
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody.
The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to restore order - but authorities were still struggling to quell pockets of unrest after midnight.
The violence, which began in West Baltimore - within a mile of where Freddie Gray was arrested and pushed into a police van earlier this month - had by the end of the day spread to East Baltimore and neighborhoods close to downtown and near the baseball stadium.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her first day on the job, said she would send Justice Department officials to the city in coming days. A weeklong, daily curfew was imposed beginning Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the mayor said, and Baltimore public schools announced that they would be closed on Tuesday. At least 15 officers were hurt, including six who remained hospitalized late Monday, police said. Two dozen people were arrested.
Officers wearing helmets and wielding shields occasionally used pepper spray to keep the rioters back. For the most part, though, they relied on line formations to keep protesters at bay.
Monday's riot was the latest flare-up over the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, whose fatal encounter with officers came amid the national debate over police use of force, especially when black suspects are involved. Gray was African-American. Police have declined to specify the races of the six officers involved in his arrest, all of whom have been suspended with pay while they are under investigation.
But Gray's family said violence is not a way to honor him.
"I think the violence is wrong," Grays' twin sister, Fredericka Gray, said late Monday. "I don't like it at all."
The attorney for Gray's family, Billy Murphy, said the family had hoped to organize a peace march later in the week.
Emergency officials were constantly thwarted as they tried to restore calm in the affected parts of the city of more than 620,000 people. Firefighters trying to put out a blaze at a CVS store were hindered by someone who sliced holes in a hose connected to a fire hydrant, spraying water all over the street and nearby buildings. Later Monday night, a massive fire erupted in East Baltimore that a spokesman for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake initially said was connected to the riots. He later texted an AP reporter saying officials are still investigating whether there is a connection.
The Mary Harvin Transformation Center was under construction and no one was believed to be in the building at the time, said the spokesman, Kevin Harris. The center is described online as a community-based organization that supports youth and families.
Kevin Johnson, a 53-year-old resident of the area, said the building was to have been earmarked for the elderly. Donte Hickman, pastor of a Baptist church that has been helping to develop the center, shed tears as he led a group prayer near the firefighters who fought the blaze.
"My heart is broken because somebody obviously didn't understand that we were for the community, somebody didn't understand that we were working on behalf of the community to invest when nobody else would," he said.
Earlier Monday, the smell of burned rubber wafted in the air in one neighborhood where youths were looting a liquor store. Police stood still nearby as people drank looted alcohol. Glass and trash littered the streets, and other small fires were scattered about. One person from a church tried to shout something from a megaphone as two cars burned.
"Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs, who in a very senseless way, are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down and destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years," said Rawlings-Blake, a lifelong resident of the city.
Obama pledges assistance as needed for Baltimore riots
Police urged parents to locate their children and bring them home. Many of those on the streets appeared to be African-American youths, wearing backpacks and khaki pants that are a part of many public school uniforms.
The riot broke out just as high school let out, and at a key city bus depot for student commuters around Mondawmin Mall, a shopping area northwest of downtown Baltimore. It shifted about a mile away later to the heart of an older shopping district and near where Gray first encountered police. Both commercial areas are in African-American neighborhoods.
Later in the day, people began looting clothing and other items from stores at the mall, which became unprotected as police moved away from the area. About three dozen officers returned, trying to arrest looters but driving many away by firing pellet guns and rubber bullets.
Downtown Baltimore, the Inner Harbor tourist attractions and the city's baseball and football stadiums are nearly 4 miles away. While the violence had not yet reached City Hall and the Camden Yards area, the Orioles canceled Monday's game for safety precautions.
On Monday night, Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings and about 200 others, mostly men, marched arm-in-arm through a neighborhood littered with broken glass, flattened aluminum cans and other debris, to protest Gray's death. As they got close to a line of police officers, the marchers went down on their knees. After the ministers got back on their feet, they walked until they were face-to-face with the police officers in a tight formation and wearing riot gear.
In a statement issued Monday, Attorney General Lynch said she would send Justice Department officials to the city in coming days, including Vanita Gupta, the agency's top civil rights lawyer. The FBI and Justice Department are investigating Gray's death for potential criminal civil rights violations.
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Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:
| "I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech. "It's a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. |
Now the mayor is very angry and says that she was quoted "out of context" and that she never said That Bad Thing to begin with. Also, she'll never say it again.
#2. To: rlk (#0)
Makes you wonder how many representatives of the Obola regime were there giving advice on how and where to riot?
All the while Obola is publicly chastising the demonstrators and looters for their actions.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#3. To: TooConservative (#1)
Who is the worst mayor in America?
(Associated Press)
A mayor’s job, generally speaking, is to be an advocate for their city and to promote its economic well-being. One of the most important ways to achieve this is to attract and retain residents by creating a high quality of life.
Livability – defined by density, walkability, and strong public transit – is central to this. Mayors across the country have woken up to the idea and are pushing their cities forward, from Michael Bloomberg to Rahm Emanuel to our own Tom Menino. Just last week, Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett declared that it is time to stop building their city for cars and start creating a place that people want to be.
Yet other mayors are stuck in the past, convinced apparently that their cities are one gimmick or convention center away from prosperity.
But who is the worst?
For our money, Baltimore’s Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the score to beat. Since assuming office in the wake of Shelia Dixon’s indictment in 2009, Rawlings-Blake’s reign has been characterized by a lack of vision, bungled projects, and ineptitude. She has presided over sweeping cuts to parks and after school activities, tax breaks for a big box superblock development, and straight-up cronyism.
Still, nothing typifies SRB’s failure as Baltimore’s mayor better than the ongoing Grand Prix debacle. The city recruited IndyCar to hold an annual race on the streets of downtown Baltimore. Rich with wide thoroughfares and generous curves, downtown streets are ideal for open-wheeled race cars driving 180 miles per hour.
Setting aside the questionable optics of staging a car race in the heart of a city, the Baltimore Grand Prix is a logistical nightmare for residents and workers. Concrete barriers and bleachers disrupt travel patterns for drivers, transit riders, cyclists, and pedestrians alike for a month leading up to the event. Trees are removed in the name of cleaner sightlines. And the noise!
Yet Rawlings-Blake champions the event as a critical jolt for the city’s economy, despite all evidence to the contrary. The Baltimore Marathon is responsible a greater economic impact with almost no inconvenience.
But the worst part is the blatant corruption behind its planning and execution. Following the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix in 2011, Baltimore Racing Development was having trouble paying its bills. Eventually it filed for bankruptcy and left its creditors (including Baltimore City itself) in a lurch. Obligations, such as replanting those street trees were never fulfilled. For all its trouble, Baltimore got stuck cleaning up after BRD’s mess and paying for it.
After everything that happened in 2011, SRB and her team worked feverishly to help create a new organization, Race On LLC, and start planning the 2012 Grand Prix. The new organization is led by her largest campaign contributor and made up almost entirely of the same clowns who botched it up the first time. The same people who absolved themselves of their responsibilities are now collecting salaries to do it all over again. With the mayor’s full blessing and encouragement!
This is the true brilliance of SRB’s awfulness. Not only does she aggressively pursue exactly the wrong projects and policies, she employs corrupt and misguided tactics to make sure they happen.
Rawlings-Blake can’t be blamed for all of Baltimore’s ills – its drugs and crime, it’s 6-lane one-way streets, or its ineffectual transit system – she inherited those. But we can ask why she insists on thinking backwards and refuses to embrace progressive ideas. Baltimore deserves better.
That’s our vote. What do you think? Do you know a mayor who can top it? Leave your suggestions for worst U.S. mayor in the comments. Next week we’ll compile the results and see if someone can dislodge SRB from the top seat.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#4. To: CZ82 (#3)
They need a new mayor, like this...
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#5. To: hondo68 (#4)
They need a new mayor, like this...
I agree. The Mayor really screwed up with her tepid, hands off response.
#6. To: hondo68 (#4)
I was disappointed that he walked away instead of having to be carried off, maybe she needs to put on another 75 lbs or so.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#7. To: rlk (#0)
I think the elected officials of Baltimore are to be commended. The progressive policing strategy that has been instituted really paid dividends last night. Not one unarmed black PhD student-to-be was arrested or hurt by fascist policemen. I have a good feeling about this new "no police zone" strategy. I can see it going nationwide.
The Patriot Militia, Inc.
#8. To: Fred Mertz (#5)
The Mayor really screwed up with her tepid, hands off response.
And the mayor of Ferguson screwed up for being too "heavy-handed."
It's a no-win situation, Fred.
Damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
It's a tinder box that's been smoldering for decades,
and Looters Gonna Loot no matter what the police and
peaceful citizens of the community do to try to stop it.
But just like I did 50 years ago, I watch all this social upheaval from the peaceful serenity of my comfortable suburban home. So naturally I'm gonna vote for calling in the National Guard ASAP... and there's no need to waste rubber bullets when you can flush 'em off the streets with a water cannon (which is great for putting out the fires that they start with the Molotov Cocktails too.)
Nobody's gonna listen to me, of course.
But what the heck, it makes for a good rant anyway.
#9. To: Willie Green (#8)
But what the heck, it makes for a good rant anyway.
I enjoyed your rant. I hope the National Guard guys help the place simmer down.
#10. To: CZ82, all (#3)
Who is the worst mayor in America?
The question, my friend, is Are there any good, honest, Constitution abiding mayors in the US?
I cannot think of one, can anyone here?
#11. To: rlk, TooConservative, CZ82, hondo68, Fred Mertz, BobCeleste (#0)
Earlier Monday, the smell of burned rubber wafted in the air in one neighborhood where youths were looting a liquor store. Police stood still nearby as people drank looted alcohol. Glass and trash littered the streets, and other small fires were scattered about. One person from a church tried to shout something from a megaphone as two cars burned.
Are The Baltimore Riots Being Manipulated?
"Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs, who in a very senseless way, are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down and destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years," said Rawlings-Blake, a lifelong resident of the city.
Tonight Show Drummer: Calling Rioters ‘Thugs’ Is Code For ‘N***ers’
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#12. To: hondo68 (#4)
Mamma made this punk look bad in front of his homies. He will catch hell from them, LOL
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#13. To: TooConservative (#1)
Only an animal shits where they sleep. Inner cities are full of dysfunctional animals.
The good people and business owners of that city are seeing what group has the greatest ability to remove citizen freedoms and liberties than any other group... their peers. The very reason why we are a nation of law and order.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#14. To: Percy Misanthrope (#7)
think the elected officials of Baltimore are to be commended. The progressive policing strategy that has been instituted really paid dividends last night. Not one unarmed black PhD student-to-be was arrested or hurt by fascist policemen. I have a good feeling about this new "no police zone" strategy. I can see it going nationwide.
But... but... the forums anarchist feel that a nation with no rules will work. Just like it worked for Feeguson and Baltimore
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#15. To: GrandIsland (#13)
I was interested in some actual facts which seem to get little coverage.
AP:
| The Baltimore mayor's office says there were 144 vehicle fires, 15 structures fires and nearly 200 arrests in the unrest that broke out in the city. Spokesman Howard Libit gave the updated numbers Tuesday morning. Rioting erupted around the city Monday, hours after the funeral for Freddie Gray. |
It's not like Watts or Detroit or even Baltimore rioting in the Sixties.
Another thing I noticed was FNC reporting that a thousand volunteers had turned out from the community to clean up the CVS pharacy and streets. You saw some good citizens as well after Ferguson, trying to preserve their community and keep its businesses intact.
So we should keep in mind the scale of destruction and the extent to which these neighborhoods are trying to help themselves. The majority living in these places are victims of these punks. The retirees and working folk, the scarce small business owners, they're all victims of these punks and the outsider gang thugs.
I also think that some of the prison gangs are as eager as ever to increase their recruiting. Just send a young black man to prison and chances are he can be induced to enter the gang lifestyle. So I think the gangs are ginning up these riots just to increase the quality of their recruits in jails/prisons.
#16. To: GrandIsland (#13)
Only an animal shits where they sleep. Inner cities are full of dysfunctional animals.
Just think about 100 years or so ago they lived in the South under the thumbs of the slavemaster Democrats. Then they decided to move North where the opportunity was to make a decent living and get away from the slavemasters. Then the slavemasters followed them up North and the dysfunctional animals vote for them almost to a man, go figure. Talk about a bunch of imbeciles...
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#17. To: Deckard (#11)
Are The Baltimore Riots Being Manipulated?
Schitt like this has been going on for years courtesy of the puppetmasters, and the idiots can't see they are being used... Useful Idiots...
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#18. To: TooConservative, CZ82, hondo68, Fred Mertz, rlk (#1)
Now the mayor is very angry and says that she was quoted "out of context" and that she never said That Bad Thing to begin with. Also, she'll never say it again.
Breaking: Baltimore Mayor Key Player in Obama’s Federal Takeover of Local Police
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#19. To: Deckard, 21st Century Policing, Black Privilege, rioting for dollars (#18)
John Boehner and Mitch McConnell will give them a few billion as reparations for 21st Century Policing.
They'll be playing Midnight Basketball with AlGore in no time.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#20. To: Deckard (#18)
Thanks for the ping and link. I read it.
#21. To: Deckard, redleghunter, Liberator (#18)
This probably isn't going to get a whole lot of press, wouldn't want them knowing they're voting for their own demise. And that their "Savior Obola" is just another oppressor in a long line of oppressors.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.â€
#22. To: Willie Green, Fred Mertz (#8)
Looters Gonna Loot no matter what the police and peaceful citizens of the community do to try to stop it.
HUH?? NOT when police and NG have orders to "SHOOT TO KILL."
You'd be surprised how quickly law and order is restored and at the number of Darwin Award Winners.
#23. To: rlk (#0)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her first day on the job, said she would send Justice Department officials to the city in coming days.
Can you or anybody tell me just WTH the Fedgoob DoJ is needed when there are Governors with their own LE and NG?
#24. To: rlk (#0)
"Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs, who in a very senseless way, are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down and destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years," said Rawlings-Blake, a lifelong resident of the city.
Ooops. A lifelong black citizen of Baltimore called da yoots "thugs." And blamed "thugs" and NOT whitey for all the destruction.
#25. To: rlk (#0)
Police stood still nearby as people drank looted alcohol.
LOL...Nice "Law enforcement."
Cop: "Hey Homes -- can you snag me a cold Colt 45 tall boy for a brutha you're busy looting and plunderin' this here liquor sto'? I'm getting thirsty here DOING NOTHIN'."
#26. To: TooConservative (#1)
"It's a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.Now the mayor is very angry and says that she was quoted "out of context" and that she never said That Bad Thing to begin with. Also, she'll never say it again.
You just can't make this up. UNLESS the city and Mayors with 13 year old minds are in Baltimore, Atlanta, Detroit, Newark, etc.
What else should we expect other than denials and claims of "out of context" -- even though SHE'S BEEN VIDEOTAPED VERBATIM!!
Lies to these people are erased...as a HUGE dinner napkin wipes food from a cavone's mouth.
#27. To: CZ82 (#2) (Edited)
Makes you wonder how many representatives of the Obola regime were there giving advice on how and where to riot?
I'd say the odd were 1000-1. Your instinct mirrors mine.
All the while Obola is publicly chastising the demonstrators and looters for their actions.
We know that's been the MO of this monster's regime since Day One.
#28. To: CZ82 (#3)
Who is the worst [Mayor]?For our money, Baltimore’s Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the score to beat.
Since assuming office in the wake of Shelia Dixon’s indictment in 2009, Rawlings-Blake’s reign has been characterized by a lack of vision, bungled projects, and ineptitude. She has presided over sweeping cuts to parks and after school activities, tax breaks for a big box superblock development, and straight-up cronyism....
This is the true brilliance of [Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's] awfulness. Not only does she aggressively pursue exactly the wrong projects and policies, she employs corrupt and misguided tactics to make sure they happen.
Mayor Marion Barry to the courtesy phone (if Satan will allow you.)
#29. To: hondo68, CZ82 (#4)
They need a new mayor, like this...
That'd be refreshing. OR, maybe even a police force like that.
We need a President like THIS:
#30. To: Fred Mertz, TooConservative, CZ82, rlk, hondo68 (#5)
The Mayor really screwed up with her tepid, hands off response.
Nothing gets by you. But "tepid hands off response"?
Did you miss THIS quote by the criminal Baltimore Mayor, Freddy??:
"[W]e try to make sure that they [the rioters] were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, also gave those [rioters] who wished to destroy space to do that as well."Does ANYONE know who the Mayor meant by "WE"??
#31. To: Percy Misanthrope (#7)
I have a good feeling about this new "no police zone" strategy. I can see it going nationwide.
The Baltimore Mayor and cohorts proved that this "no police zone" strategy in Urban Plantation Cities is quite effective. After all, it clearly promotes racial harmony, communitah cooperation and morale-boosting, and FREE liquor for the thirsty and sober.
And with the blessing and encouragement from the Kenyan Emperor, many urban US Cities will adopt the very same policy. Ought to be quite an event when police willfully agree to be tossed into the Hudson River and Yankee Stadium is shut down from the swarms of peaceful protesters.
#32. To: CZ82, Deckard, redleghunter, TooConservative (#21) (Edited)
(Breaking: Baltimore Mayor Key Player in 0bama’s Federal Takeover of Local Police)
This probably isn't going to get a whole lot of press, wouldn't want them knowing they're voting for their own demise. And that their "Savior Obola" is just another oppressor in a long line of oppressors.
Yup. BUSTED.
The entire subversive operation. The identity of those "we" who decided to "give those who wished to destroy space to do that" is exposed.
Now the same fedgoob that advised Mayor Destruction to allow Baltimore to be cratered swoops in like Batman and Robin to "restore order"...while also launching another "investigation."
#33. To: Liberator (#27)
Nothing new.
Obama’s Cousin Loses Presidential Election, Supporters Riot
A man beats at a smouldering ambulance’s number-plate with his machete. “See,” he explains, “this belongs to the government of Kenya.” Mobs cry out for their fellow Luo, Raila Odinga, to be made president of Kenya. They plead for guns. An earnest man pushes to the front of one mob. “What we are saying is give violence a second chance.”In the past few weeks, Kisumu has been ethnically cleansed. The Luos have driven out 20,000 or so Kikuyus from a population of 380,000; few will return. Every Kikuyu business and home has been looted and burned.
#34. To: Zesta, CZ82 (#33)
Nothing new.
0bama’s Cousin Loses Presidential Election, Supporters RiotA man beats at a smouldering ambulance’s number-plate with his machete. “See,” he explains, “this belongs to the government of Kenya.” Mobs cry out for their fellow Luo, Raila Odinga, to be made president of Kenya. They plead for guns. An earnest man pushes to the front of one mob. “What we are saying is give violence a second chance.”
In the past few weeks, Kisumu has been ethnically cleansed. The Luos have driven out 20,000 or so Kikuyus from a population of 380,000; few will return. Every Kikuyu business and home has been looted and burned.
Nope. Nothing new here at all, is there? Blood is business as usual in this toxic, insane, satanic family. Funny how NO media notices or reports.
Meanwhile, THIS is America's real problem, isn't it?: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke
#35. To: Zesta, liberator, CZ82, Deckard, tomder55 (#33)
Nothing new.Obama’s Cousin Loses Presidential Election, Supporters Riot
A man beats at a smouldering ambulance’s number-plate with his machete. “See,” he explains, “this belongs to the government of Kenya.” Mobs cry out for their fellow Luo, Raila Odinga, to be made president of Kenya. They plead for guns. An earnest man pushes to the front of one mob. “What we are saying is give violence a second chance.” In the past few weeks, Kisumu has been ethnically cleansed. The Luos have driven out 20,000 or so Kikuyus from a population of 380,000; few will return. Every Kikuyu business and home has been looted and burned.
So this tyranny by riot and Sharia law runs in the family? That's what you are saying? I guess you hit the nail on the head.
Headline in the Baltimore Sun should be "Our dear emperor is making America more like Kenya."
"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)
#36. To: redleghunter (#35)
" "Our dear emperor is making America more like Kenya." "
I guess everyone is happy that they voted for all that "Hope & Change " and "making history". The next person I see that I know voted for him, I will smack up the side of the head.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
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