Here's a list of some of the other 89 people the cops killed this MONTH.
I'm sure some must have been justified.

Update: This list says 101 for April.

"Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness. It shows that something is wrong in the system of government that injures the felicity by which society is to be preserved." Thomas Paine

Freddie Gray death ruled homicide; officers charged
CNN - Michael Pearson, Steve Almasy and Ben Brumfield, CNN
Updated 8:16 PM ET, Fri May 1, 2015

Sure didn't see that coming... at all, or so quickly !


:jail:

Maybe it just takes time, resources, and authority...

Nigerian military: 234 more females rescued from Boko Haram
Associated Press | May 2, 2015

The press and the Baltimore Police Union are trying to discredit these indictments as "Rush to Justice".

But the State's Attorney has publicly discussed her independent use
of State Police investigators (separate from the Baltimore Police Dept)
starting the day after the death of Freddie Gray, and that she waited
for the Baltimore Police Dept and the Pathologist's reports before
issuing the indictments.

So, her indictments are independent- and time-separated
from whatever went on during the city's investigations and report.

Certainly she was elected recently by significant support from the Black community.
But she has the credibility to completely turn around what was a riot/demonstration
against the Baltimore police into peaceful and welcome community supported demonstration.

And here they are.
But but but half of them are black!
That's why I've been saying, the problem is not white, the problem is not black, the problem is BLUE.

That seems a little too black & white.

Racism was never about (limited to) color of skin. Racism has always been about judging someone only on a first impression.

Those people should never have judged the police officers involved on only their first impression. They should have waited for the facts to emerge as the State's Attorney did.

That completely ignored the research. An NPR reporter participated in tests. He discovered he was quickest to draw and fire his weapon on a young black man. More interesting is that NPR reporter is black.

Emotion in a human brain creates that attitude. We can speculate why without facts. Some here will do that. Relevant is why all colors are quicker to assume a black man is a greater threat. That requires research and training. But it demonstrates what racism really is: judgement only on first impressions. Making a decision based in emotions and not on actual facts.

There's an echo in this thread.

That's an easy one based entirely on factual information and the logical processing of that information into useful intelligence. Someday I'll have to explain the process to you in a way that you can understand; but, that's for another thread.

Racism is not posting when one does not know and has nothing to say. What extremist would post anyway?

Awwww, there you go changing the definitions of words again. You do that when someone else has facts that you don't have. You just deny the existence of any facts that you're not aware of. It's one of your challenges. Most moderates don't have that problem; but, whacko moderates do. I'm so sorry.

*Note to self: don't upset tw by inferring future knowledge.*

This study seems destined to have a big impact on social policies at the federal level in the future.

Baltimore is mentioned at several places in this article, at the bottom of the heap across the country.

An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths Out of Poverty
NY Times - David Leonhardt, Amanda Cox and Claire Cain Miller - MAY 4, 2015

One of the expected changes has to do with giving families with small children
a higher priority on waiting lists for housing in better communities, which
is the exact opposite of the current policy.