How's our race riot going today?

[Marxist]

10 Images of the Baltimore Riots You Won t See on TV - Mic


Hypocrisy at its finest.

 

[Gracie]

I saw the mom that smacked her kid, on tv. She should make him go out there today and help the volunteers clean up. She smacked him, now she needs to hand him a broom.

I'm also surprised a few haven't bitched about her committing child abuse on national television even though he is just a thug wannabe and deserved every smack she gave him.

 

[Gracie]

10 Images of the Baltimore Riots You Won t See on TV - Mic


Hypocrisy at its finest.

Great find. Too bad we won't see it on tv.

 

[Publius1787]

Have we filled our quota of looted stores & injured whites today?
Or did someone with a brain take over the response today?

The welfare checks don't get cashed until the first of the month. I suppose they'll refuel in a few days and head back at it.

 

[Marxist]

10 Images of the Baltimore Riots You Won t See on TV - Mic


Hypocrisy at its finest.

Great find. Too bad we won't see it on tv.

Also, right below that, it discusses various riots...

The city of Baltimore, Maryland, has been besieged by riots Monday night — and police are on the scene ready to serve, protect and subdue.

This has become an evergreen narrative in the aftermath of reactions to state-sanctioned violence against black people. But that it persists sends a troubling message about how officials and, by extension, many of the people they serve regard rioting: specifically, when there's white people involved versus mostly black people.

Usually, if a riot involves black people, it's connected to intense episodes of where systemic racism is undoubtedly at work. These episodes include the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King beating verdict, the riots in Oakland after the 2009 BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, and the national outcry immediately following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. That outcry included the city of Baltimore, where blacks now represent roughly 2 out of 3 residents.



noted in January, these rioters are usually called "revelers," "celebrants" and "fans." They're not even called "rioters" in many cases. They're not derided as "criminals," "thugs," "pigs" or even "violent." Those descriptors, as events in Baltimore Monday night reveals yet again, are only reserved for black people. They're the ones who need to be quelled by militarized police forces. They're the ones who need to be off the streets, immediately. They're diminishing the validity of their cause. Yet somehow, reckless behavior over a sports team, not a systemic matter of life and death, is viewed as a costly nuisance.

One can only wonder, with the current state of affairs — if the same tropes and police treatment deployed against black people were used when white people take to the streets, how would the general public have treated any of these following situations?

2014: San Francisco Giants win the World Series

Source: Noah Berger/AP
One report from Reuters called it "fans taking to the streets." The San Francisco Chronicle's headline noted "40 arrests, two shootings in Giants fan revelry." Couches burned, buildings were hit with graffiti and businesses were vandalized. But neither story characterized the incident as a "riot."

2011: Vancouver Canucks lose in the Stanley Cup finals

Source: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
As ESPN noted, nearly 100 people were arrested and almost 150 injured in a riot that included the burning of 15 cars and vandalism of approximately 50 businesses. "Total damages are expected to run well into the millions of dollars," ESPN reported.

2015: Ohio State University wins the NCAA football championship

Source: Paul Vernon/AP
Fans set nearly 90 fires, tore down an Ohio Stadium goal post, according to the AP.

1999: Denver Broncos win the Super Bowl

Source: JONATHAN CASTNER/Getty Images
Property damage stemming from this riot was estimated at $160,000 according to the AP. But it still wasn't called a riot. Instead, a spokesman for the city's mayor called participants "hell-bent on causing trouble."

1993: Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup finals

Source: YouTube
According to ESPN, this riot caused "$2.5 million in damages as 168 people were arrested and 115 injured."

2011: Penn State coach Joe Paterno fired amid child sexual abuse scandal

Source: Matt Rourke/AP
Although some news outlets described the situation as a "riot," other stories, including a report from the New York Times, characterized the situation as an "unruly protest" and a "clash with police." The event itself took a roughly $190,000 toll, according to the Patriot-News, and even included Penn State students and fans tipping over a news van — all in the name of a now-deceased coach who knowingly ignored his colleague's track record of sex abuse allegations.

1984: Detroit Tigers win the World Series

As the Baltimore Sun noted, eight rapes were reported, one person died and 80 were injured after the Detroit Tigers had won their first World Series in more than a decade.

1992: Chicago Bulls win the NBA championship

Police use force to disperse the crowd after the Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship in 1993, mobilized to prevent the riot from the previous year.
Source: Frank Polich/AP
According to ESPN, more than 1,000 people were arrested, nearly 100 police officers injured and an estimated $10 million in damages was committed.

2004: Boston Red Sox win the World Series

Source: Boston Globe/Getty Images
CNN reported that "some in the crowd vandalized property, set fires and tried to overturn cars. At least eight people were arrested." One woman, journalism student Victoria Snelgrove, died after a police pepper spray projectile fatally struck her in the head.

2014: Keene, N.H. Pumpkin Festival

Source: Mic
As Mic noted in October, "CNN reported that those involved — many of whom were students at nearby Keene State College — yelled expletives at police, started fires, flipped cars and tore down street signs." One participant even told CNN that "revolting from the cops" was a "rush" because "it's a blast doing things you aren't supposed to do."

1999: Michigan State loses to Duke in the NCAA Final Four

Source: DAVID MCCREERY/AP
As ESPN noted, "Michigan State students have rioted numerous times in East Lansing in recent decades, most notably after NCAA tournament losses in 1999, 2003 and 2005. The worst of these came in '99, when 132 people were arrested and $250,000 in vandalism damage was incurred."

But of course, there are no sweeping character assumptions made about white people in any of the above situations. That same treatment should be extended right now to the people of Baltimore.

 

[Gracie]

Personally? I think ALL of us are being set up and the media is very VERY involved in helping it happen. Whats the set up? I have no idea, but it damn sure isn't something positive.

 

[DarkFury]

Have we filled our quota of looted stores & injured whites today?
Or did someone with a brain take over the response today?

I don't know what you have been up to today...

A job.

Crazy fucking concept amirite bro

Well Obama has raised the looting rate! That work?

 

[Gracie]

Looks like I'm not the only one with suspicions this is all a set up. But who is REALLY behind it? The blacks are puppets and don't feel the strings, but someone is making them dance. The question is ....who....and what is the REAL motive?

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