The riots in Baltimore are violent and destructive. God knows I don't condone the burning, looting and other calamitous acts, but this city, like too many other places in America, has blood on its hands in the way it has treated her citizens, her people.
This video clip speaks volumes to the frustration felt by the folks in the city.
http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/baltimore-resident--enough-is-enough-436036675727
The Baltimore Sun highlighted some of the egregious acts last fall in an article entitled "Undue Force."
The city has paid about $5.7 million since 2011 over lawsuits claiming that police officers brazenly beat up alleged suspects. One hidden cost: The perception that officers are violent can poison the relationship between residents and police.
http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/police-settlements/?mod=e2this&utm_source=This+nightly&utm_campaign=767aced92a-8pm_4_27_154_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4b29b52ce6-767aced92a-194575529
Native son, Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Atlantic, has a powerful article about what is happening in his hometown. It's quoted below.
When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/
http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/baltimore-resident--enough-is-enough-436036675727
The city has paid about $5.7 million since 2011 over lawsuits claiming that police officers brazenly beat up alleged suspects. One hidden cost: The perception that officers are violent can poison the relationship between residents and police.
http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/police-settlements/?mod=e2this&utm_source=This+nightly&utm_campaign=767aced92a-8pm_4_27_154_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4b29b52ce6-767aced92a-194575529
Native son, Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Atlantic, has a powerful article about what is happening in his hometown. It's quoted below.
When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/
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