Riots here in my town Baltimore
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The sad part of this is that the folks that are being hurt are their neighbors. Innocent people. Why did they burn down a senior center? What did those people do wrong? The media is focusing on the rioting...what about the peaceful protest I read about? I don't recall the number of people, but there was a HUGE racially mixed protest in another part of the city. Now THAT says something. Be safe in Baltimore.
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They are just fighting violence with even more violence. How do they think that will solve anything? They're acting like complete animals.0
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Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.0 -
Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.0 -
These children do not know better. Why is that? I don't know.0
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A peaceful and, IMO, justifiable protest overshadowed by opportunist thugs. Makes me ill. I hope you and your's came to no harm last night.
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I saw Yahoo's photo gallery and some of the kids throwing bricks at police cars were as young as 10 years old. No parents around. It's a problem that is going to be around for generation after generation. Kids are running the streets, raised by parents who were running the streets, etc, etc.0
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I don't understand how looting, burning and vandalizing small business owners helps their cause. Just a bunch of opportunistic thugs that see an opportunity to steal.0
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TheRoadDog wrote: »I don't understand how looting, burning and vandalizing small business owners helps their cause. Just a bunch of opportunistic thugs that see an opportunity to steal.
We don't understand because we have common sense maybe. I don't know either. I don't get it. CNN for me yesterday, living very close to Baltimore, was like watching a movie knowing it will build to what happens after dark.0 -
When it's all said and done all they have done is destroy their own community. Except, of course, the professional rabble rousers that will leave to search for a new opportunity to riot.0
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Lasmartchika wrote: »Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.
The fact is, her kid was already out there. Kids that are raised to be respectful and deal with negative situations in an adult manner would hardly resort to theft and vandalism. She's no mother of the year and if that kid grew up dealing with that on a regular basis, it's no wonder he thinks it's okay to express your displeasure with physical violence.0 -
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Yes, +1, amen. Especially if you insert "lawful" and "responsible" between "everyday" and "people".I completely understand why people are so horribly mad,
but rioting doesn't solve anything. It harms innocent people.
I hope this doesn't become an excuse for thugs across the country,
and I hope that the good citizens in the area are ready to protect themselves effectively.
This is one reason why normal everyday people should be armed.
https://www.google.com/#q=cnn+news+baltimore+riot
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My thoughts go out to you. It is a bi-weekly event here.0
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PurringMyrrh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.
The fact is, her kid was already out there. Kids that are raised to be respectful and deal with negative situations in an adult manner would hardly resort to theft and vandalism. She's no mother of the year and if that kid grew up dealing with that on a regular basis, it's no wonder he thinks it's okay to express your displeasure with physical violence.
I disagree with this statement because most people know that kids go through their rebel against your parents phase. She should get praise for actually trying to get her son away from this nonsense. What about the other parents who knew their children were in the streets Monday night?0 -
yopeeps025 wrote: »PurringMyrrh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.
The fact is, her kid was already out there. Kids that are raised to be respectful and deal with negative situations in an adult manner would hardly resort to theft and vandalism. She's no mother of the year and if that kid grew up dealing with that on a regular basis, it's no wonder he thinks it's okay to express your displeasure with physical violence.
I disagree with this statement because most people know that kids go through their rebel against your parents phase. She should get praise for actually trying to get her son away from this nonsense. What about the other parents who knew their children were in the streets Monday night?
I don't think any parent should be praised for doing their duty of raising their child the right way. I hate reading posts on social media about how somebody is a "real man" because they take care of their children. It should be expected.
You're right about a child rebelling and he's probably just following like a sheep with his peers, but the kid needed a good whipping and he got it.0 -
It's crazy I'm saying this but guess what "these people" go back to after they riot? Not much. Most of us go back to counting calories and making our beds to sleep in..."these people" don't have what most of have. Yea, acting like this is disgusting and dumb, can't deny that. It disgusts me but I can't put myself in "their" shoes bc I don't know what it's like to be black, to be scared of, to be living in squalor my whole life. It's bad in the city and it ain't getting any better. It's a shame that it takes times like this that we notice. I think the positive people in Bmore will rise to the top and help people come together.0
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_incogNEATo_ wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »PurringMyrrh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.
The fact is, her kid was already out there. Kids that are raised to be respectful and deal with negative situations in an adult manner would hardly resort to theft and vandalism. She's no mother of the year and if that kid grew up dealing with that on a regular basis, it's no wonder he thinks it's okay to express your displeasure with physical violence.
I disagree with this statement because most people know that kids go through their rebel against your parents phase. She should get praise for actually trying to get her son away from this nonsense. What about the other parents who knew their children were in the streets Monday night?
I don't think any parent should be praised for doing their duty of raising their child the right way. I hate reading posts on social media about how somebody is a "real man" because they take care of their children. It should be expected.
You're right about a child rebelling and he's probably just following like a sheep with his peers, but the kid needed a good whipping and he got it.
I do agree with the bold. It should be a given that parents take care of there kids. I know 100% if I had a child in Monday riot I would be searching the streets for them to make sure they are safe. That's me and I know 100% I'm not ready for a child and the given responsibilities to being a father.
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What's happening in Baltimore, sadly, is there are many who aren't prepared to be parents (in general) and it leads to this kind of backwards thinking. It's terrible that this behavior is viewed as the only way by many in that community. For an even larger number, it's simply a way to break and steal.0
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Bennysammysofie39 wrote: »It's crazy I'm saying this but guess what "these people" go back to after they riot? Not much. Most of us go back to counting calories and making our beds to sleep in..."these people" don't have what most of have. Yea, acting like this is disgusting and dumb, can't deny that. It disgusts me but I can't put myself in "their" shoes bc I don't know what it's like to be black, to be scared of, to be living in squalor my whole life. It's bad in the city and it ain't getting any better. It's a shame that it takes times like this that we notice. I think the positive people in Bmore will rise to the top and help people come together.
I think you might have a clue on empathy of being black.
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Stay safe OP. I can't even imagine being there right now.0
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_incogNEATo_ wrote: »What's happening in Baltimore, sadly, is there are many who aren't prepared to be parents (in general) and it leads to this kind of backwards thinking. It's terrible that this behavior is viewed as the only way by many in that community. For an even larger number, it's simply a way to break and steal.
Totally agreement here.
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Thoughts are with you and the people of Baltimore. Stay safe OP.0
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Stay safe this is terrible and looting/vandalism/hurting officers and innocent people solves nothing!0
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My thoughts are with you, it's awful what's going on there.0
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yopeeps025 wrote: »PurringMyrrh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Too bad the rest of their mother's don't care enough to get them off the street. Especially considering many of them are juveniles.
Agreed.
Too bad if the wrong person sees that video, she's going to have trouble of her own with law enforcement for hitting her kid. Hopefully not. She didn't beat him as the caption said, but regardless, hopefully for doing the right thing she ends up in no trouble herself.
No, the police were glad she did that...
abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-mom-smacks-son-taking-part-violence/story?id=30639845
At a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts referenced one mother who grabbed her son and smacked him on the head, although it is unclear whether this is the same mother caught on video.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight," Batts said.
The fact is, her kid was already out there. Kids that are raised to be respectful and deal with negative situations in an adult manner would hardly resort to theft and vandalism. She's no mother of the year and if that kid grew up dealing with that on a regular basis, it's no wonder he thinks it's okay to express your displeasure with physical violence.
I disagree with this statement because most people know that kids go through their rebel against your parents phase. She should get praise for actually trying to get her son away from this nonsense. What about the other parents who knew their children were in the streets Monday night?
I disagree with your disagreement. There are plenty of ways to rebel that don't involve harming others. Maybe those other parents could hire this abusive parent to administer the "discipline" their lazy uninvolved parenting lacks. Seems like a great way for everyone to exploit the situation, which someone surely will.
That being said, maybe they should call off the authorities and just send troops of angry black moms in to take care of business.
:laugh:0
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