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Baltimore protests turn violent; police injured - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/us/baltimore-unrest/index.html)

(CNN)[Breaking news, posted at 7:45 p.m. ET]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to speak shortly regarding the riots in her city Monday.
[Original story, posted at 7:33 p.m. ET]

Chaos and violence erupted on the streets of Baltimore late Monday as protesters clashed with police, several of whom were injured.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard.

"This afternoon, a group of outrageous criminals attacked our officers. Right now, we have seven officers that have serious injuries, including broken bones, and one officer who is unconscious," Capt. Eric Kowalczyk told reporters.
      
He vowed to find the attackers and put them in jail.

Video showed police in riot gear taking cover behind an armored vehicle, as protesters pelted them with rocks.
At one point, it looked like officers used tear gas. The Baltimore Police Department said it had heard reports of protesters setting small items on fire, and footage showed a cruiser in flames.

Video also showed people looting local stores, and an area CVS Pharmacy was set on fire after it was ransacked. Thick dark smoke filled the streets.

Baltimore Police
@BaltimorePolice
Several people in the group are reported to be armed with sticks, bricks, and other weapons.
4:17 PM - 27 Apr 2015

Baltimore Police
@BaltimorePolice
The group continues to be violent and aggressive. They are disobeying dispersal orders. We are working to evacuate our injured officers.

"This is not OK," Kowalczyk said. "You're going to see tear gas. You're going to see pepper balls. We're going to use appropriate methods to ensure that we're able to preserve the safety of that community."

There were no immediate reports of injuries among the protesters. There were also no immediate reports of arrests.

'Credible threat' to officers

Earlier in the day, the Baltimore Police Department said it had received a "credible threat" that gangs were teaming up to "take out" officers.

It did not say where the information came from, nor did it say whether the threat was tied to the recent death of Freddie Gray. Gray died in police custody under circumstances that remain unclear.

His death has sparked ongoing protests in Baltimore and raised long-simmering tensions between police and residents.

LIVE: Baltimore Protesters clash with Police and Riot, Nepal Quake Disaster, Aurora Shooter Trial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHpFrTCUSU

LIVE: Baltimore Protesters clash with Police and Riot, Nepal Quake Disaster, Aurora Shooter Trial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHpFrTCUSU)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law

Martial law is the imposition of the highest-ranking military officer as the military governor or as the head of the government, thus removing all power from the previous executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.[1] It is usually imposed temporarily when the government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively (e.g., maintain order and security, or provide essential services).

Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public. Such incidents may occur after a coup d'état (such as Thailand in 2006 and 2014); when threatened by popular protest (China, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989); to suppress political opposition (Poland in 1981); or to stabilize insurrections or perceived insurrections (Canada, The October Crisis of 1970). Martial law may be declared in cases of major natural disasters; however, most countries use a different legal construct, such as a state of emergency.

Martial law has also been imposed during conflicts and in cases of occupations, where the absence of any other civil government provides for an unstable population. Examples of this form of military rule include post World War II reconstruction in Germany and Japan as well as the southern reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War.

Peaceful civil protest trying to advance justice has been laid low by a mob of thugs looting and destroying.  Way to help the community.

Quote from: WarToad on April 28, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
Peaceful civil protest trying to advance justice has been laid low by a mob of thugs looting and destroying.  Way to help the community.

I think you summed this up quite well even though I have no idea about the details sitting down in my chair using the internet to find this occurring in a long far away place where people have many means available to themselves to be happy.  :o

It's a damn tragedy people are willing to destroy (if the news report's are correct) their own environment to prove a point.  That is just nutz considering we have many poor dying every day around the world who would love our living conditions... NUTZ

There is a famous saying  that state's "that sometimes you have to concede the battle to win the war"



 

Quote from: WarToad on April 28, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
Peaceful civil protest trying to advance justice has been laid low by a mob of thugs looting and destroying.  Way to help the community.

Here is you "Peaceful Protest"

I would say the Police showed amazing restraint over this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_zwodSuY5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_zwodSuY5A

Quote from: thorfourwinds on April 28, 2015, 05:38:28 AM

MORONS...Guess Who's Going to Jail...

I recall back in a riot in Florida...

They were protesting because the Cubans were getting more aid...  but the Cubans had already paid back more than they got...

So the cops just closed off the area and let them riot.  If they crossed the barrier they were arrested

So they rampaged and looted, destroyed their OWN stores and businesses

Their own people that had move 'back to the hood' to help and make businesses were targeted. They spoke on TV and said they would never return  this is the thanks they get...

I recall back in New Orleans after the flooding...

They were looting big screen TVs caught live on camera, shooting at first responders and 120 black cops were involved in the looting including the mayor...


It is funny how quickly we forget this.

It's time to put those FEMA CAMPS to good use :P Round up the lot of em and be done with it

I luv it.. more parents should  follow the example of this mom

http://abc7.com/news/video-angry-baltimore-mom-beats-son-suspected-of-rioting/684791/

BALTIMORE RIOTS


Angry Baltimore mom beats son after seeing him throw rocks at police

   




A suspected rioter in Baltimore got the smackdown of his life Monday by his mom on television. (WMAR)
Updated 29 mins ago


BALTIMORE, Md. --
A suspected rioter in Baltimore got the smackdown of his life Monday by his mom on television.


The mother saw her son on television throwing rocks at police, reports ABC Baltimore affiliate WMAR. That's when she'd had enough, dishing up a dose of discipline.
(http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/ayv42.jpg)

In the video, she chases the adolescent around, slapping him and giving him a profanity-laced lecture that rioting is not OK.

WMAR said that the city's police commissioner, Anthony Batts, applauded the mom's actions
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDoqmaXWEAAD2b-.jpg)


can't get the dang pics to move..sorry


ah found the  you tube.....GO MOM GO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlmCf1Kj2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlmCf1Kj2o



Edited to fix images.

Now THAT is a MOM!

I don't advocate violence, and certainly not as negative reinforcement on children, but sometimes you need to step up and get in their face when they violate the very core values you seek to instill in them.

GO MOM GO!

When I said it looks like the Police showed a lot of restraint when they smashed the cars?

Well here is THIS

Baltimore Mayor: We gave them space to destroy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5KQC7k8Lc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5KQC7k8Lc

Seriously?

They she denies it!!!

WTF is the matter with these people? Does she not know that the News media RECORDS what she says? LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dMIih92xo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dMIih92xo

The Baltimore rioting makes me wonder what will happen here when the theater shooter's trial concludes.  No matter what the outcome is, someone won't think it's appropriate.  In the meantime, we get bombarded with the news coverage, and it brings back all the trauma of that day.  The defense offered a guilty plea in exchange for life in prison without parole, but the prosecution insisted on a trial, so the death penalty could be put on the table.  Executing James Holmes won't bring back the people who died.  The trial is tying up people and resources.  And if he's found not guilty by reason of insanity, how long will he actually be kept off the streets?  Mental health care is not a priority in this country.

Shasta

Baltimore unrest live updates: Some defy curfew; police deploy tear gas, pepper balls - LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-baltimore-freddie-gray-20150427-htmlstory.html)

28 April 2015    7:34 PM PST
As a 10 p.m. curfew took effect in Baltimore on Tuesday, it was unclear whether crowds would disperse or whether rioting would break out as it had Monday night.

Monday's violence began hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, 25, who died after suffering a spine injury while in police custody.

What we know:
      A one-week, citywide 10 p.m. curfew began tonight.
      2,000 national guard and 1,000 law enforcement officers are on duty tonight.
      During unrest that began Monday afternoon, at least 20 police officers were injured, 144 cars set on fire and 15 structures burned. Some 250 people were arrested, at least 34 of them juveniles.
      President Obama condemned the violence, referring to rioters as "criminals and thugs."

For once, we agree with the representative from Kenya.   :P

List of Military Equipment Used by Local Police from the 1033 Program (http://therundownlive.com/list-military-equipment-used-local-police-1033-program/)

Kristan T Harris | The Rundown Live

In Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis, peaceful protecters and media where fired upon by militarized police. The government has been giving local police Military equipment from battlefields across the world. Here is a list of current proven equipment used by law enforcement, given to them through the 1033 program.

In 2013 alone, $449,309,003.71 worth of property was transferred to law enforcement," the agency's website states.

Missouri police participating in the 1033 program have received -"aircraft (both fixed wing and rotary) and four-wheel drive vehicles (such as pickup trucks, blazers, ambulances and armored personnel carriers)," according to the state's Department of Public Safety.

The motto of the 1033 program is "From Warfighter to Crimefighter."

But now even colleges are acquiring these vehicles such as Ohio State University.

Lets take a look at what military equipment the local police are acquiring from the 1033 program.

Remember this two years ago?

Ex-Navy SEAL Drops Bombshell On FOX: Says Government Is CREATING Conditions To Impose Martial Law (Video Report)

Ex-US Navy SEAL Ben Smith joins Fox News and drops a bombshell on the US government by revealing that the government ITSELF is CREATING the conditions necessary to impose martial law here in America. This is a must watch video for those who feel martial law is merely believed by conspiracy theorists. Veterans and US Navy SEALS see the same thing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDuds14OBiE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDuds14OBiE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILr9G6vXlXo

https://youtu.be/ILr9G6vXlXo

http://newzvids.com/baltimore-mayor-thanks-nation-of-islam-who-gave-one-finger-isis-salute-after-gray-funeral/

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Thanks The Nation of Islam for their support during her press conference, this is the same Organization who was caught posing for a photo after Freddie Gray's Funeral giving the extended forefinger salute representing allegiance with ISIS and doing so also while posing with the 'Bloods' and 'Crips' street gangs who have vowed to band together to kill police in Baltimore.

In one picture they show the bloods, crips and Nation of Islam all in one picture and yes, they are definitely in Baltimore. I see the gang signs being given, I see the one finger sign of the Nation of Islam.  They stir up things from the shadows.  It's all about the power, it's all about the criminal enterprise for making the money for the gangs.  When they utilize a situation (perceived), then stir the pot, it's a diversion for them to recruit more young people, advance their criminal enterprise etc...

Of course Obama and some of our politicians will not leave this incident go to waist..enter the Hegelian Dialectic or what is called problem, reaction...solution.  We have seen these gangs in action in my county and have found out their plans.  This all ties in together whether the gangs know it or not.  The gangs have their agenda which is banding together syndicate style for the purpose of power in the "hoods" and more money.  Then the government says "lets not let this go to waste, this will give us an opportunity and we must seize it to further consolidate our power.  Dig deeper on the mayor and it will open your eyes even more.

Quote from: thorfourwinds on April 29, 2015, 05:37:29 AM

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Before any of you complain about this, I'd like you to reflect on the fact that war commemoration is the one topic that is considered exempt from critical thought, on this forum.  Adulation of the military will inevitably lead to militarisation and glorification of the police themselves, which is exactly what the government wants.

If you want to know why I consider said commemoration a bad thing, this is why.  It's because it imparts militaristic psychology to the civilian population as well.  If there is no psychologically distinct civilian population, then nothing remotely resembling a democratic society can survive.  Military organisation is the diametric opposite; it is inherently hierarchical; and hierarchy, by definition, is based on the predator/prey dynamic.  The predator is above, the prey below.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/01/many-questions-still-remain-in-death-freddie-gray/

Baltimore prosecutor charges police with murder, manslaughter in death of Freddie Gray

Taken from the article:

One Baltimore police officer was charged Friday with murder, three with manslaughter and two with assault in the death of Freddie Gray, who a prosecutor said suffered a broken neck last month when he was left shackled at the feet and lying face down in a police van by officers who ignored his pleas as they made their rounds.

The death of Gray, 25, on April 19 of injuries suffered a week earlier touched off peaceful protests that degenerated into a night of rioting, looting and chaos Monday. On Friday, a crowd gathered around State's Attorney for Baltimore Marilyn Mosby cheered as she said the police involved would be brought to justice in the incident. Mosby said the police had no basis for arresting Gray, and described a harrowing ride in a van driven by Police Officer Caesar Goodson, 45, who was charged with the most serious crimes, including second-degree murder.

"No one is above the law," declared Mosby, who said she comes from five generations of law enforcement and has been on the job for four months. Her husband is Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby, who has spoken out about the riots and anger in the city's African-American community. "To those that are angry, hurt or have their own experiences of injustice at the hands of police officers, I urge you to channel the energy peacefully as we prosecute the case."

Gray suffered a broken neck, apparently while riding in the back of the Baltimore police van. While Mosby said Friday the medical examiner had ruled the death a homicide, police sources have said his injuries may have been caused by his head hitting a bolt inside the vehicle, according to local reports.

The officers and charges in the case include:

- Goodson was charged with second-degree depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree negligent assault, as well as other charges including failure to render aid and misconduct in office.

more at the above linkk as well as a video...

Quotesecond-degree depraved-heart murder

Wha....   I have never heard of that term before.

Quote"Depraved-heart" second-degree murder holds that the suspect held a reckless disregard for another person's life.

So it's 2nd degree murder without premeditation.

Quote from: WarToad on May 01, 2015, 07:09:44 PM
Wha....   I have never heard of that term before.
So it's 2nd degree murder without premeditation.

Yeah kinda like manslaughter you didn't intend to kill and this is you didn't give a damn if he died but you didn't plan to kill him

Good to see that FINALLY they are prosecuting and CHARGING bad cops  Let's hope its a growing trend.  Might make them think twice before stomping on people with storm trooper boots

We should make a thread highlighting all the actual cases where the hammer fell on the bad cops :D  Make THAT go viral