Thumper wrote:Well, here's what I should have said: This is Pumpkinpi's personal BMR thread about things, scary things directly affecting her former home, her family, and her friends. If we want to have a discussion about the death of Freddy Gray in particular, and suspected police brutality in general, I suggest we start a separate thread on those subjects.
Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson.
Those cases detail a frightful human toll. Officers have battered dozens of residents who suffered broken bones—jaws, noses, arms, legs, ankles—head trauma, organ failure, and even death, coming during questionable arrests. Some residents were beaten while handcuffed; others were thrown to the pavement.
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote:But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard.
Gullible Jones wrote:Just got an email from MoveOn about this... It had a a nice quote from the Baltimore Sun:Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson.
Those cases detail a frightful human toll. Officers have battered dozens of residents who suffered broken bones—jaws, noses, arms, legs, ankles—head trauma, organ failure, and even death, coming during questionable arrests. Some residents were beaten while handcuffed; others were thrown to the pavement.
So yeah. Rioting is not cool. But if your mom were beaten to death by police officers, don't you think you might be inclined to start breaking things?
Gullible Jones wrote:Blargh. @Thumper - sorry I deleted that earlier post, I thought better of it (and thought nobody had seen it).
Now that I have to stand by my words... Look, I don't know what it's like to have riots near your neighborhood. I'll give you that. OTOH, how many of you have had a son or daughter outright fucking murdered by police officers, with no recourse in the court system?
Yes riots are bad, yes they're inexcusable, etc. etc. etc. But murder is even more inexcusable. That is my point.
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