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05-04-2015, 08:49 AM | #106 | |
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Imagine how you would feel if instead of killing a black man with no consequences, it was raping his wife with no consequences. Da white wimmin are in the suburbs, being protected by the cops.
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05-04-2015, 01:56 PM | #107 | |
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05-06-2015, 04:04 PM | #108 | |
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That 1-day riot got somebody's attention... maybe more than just 1 somebody.
Baltimore asks Justice Department to investigate police practices Reuters - Ian Simpson - 5/6/15 Quote:
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05-07-2015, 11:40 AM | #109 |
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05-07-2015, 12:48 PM | #110 | |
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Cooling emotions ? No Digesting indictment ? No The request came out of the interplay of laws and politics of city/state/federal systems. This request to the federal Dept of Justice is from the Mayor of Baltimore. She had previously (when she first became Mayor) requested the Feds to do a "collaborative" review of the City's Police Dept. ... before the riot. ... "collaborative" meaning the Mayor and Feds working together. The Mayor came under fire from the Governor, for not "declaring an emergency" before "the riot" The Governor was eager to call up the National Guard, and had set it in motion well before the first "peaceful" demonstrations. Due to Maryland's "Home Rule" laws, the Governor could not send in the National Guard until formally requested by the Mayor. The Police Dept was keeping their "findings" secret, even from the Mayor) for the week following "the riot", and then turned them directly over to the State. I think the Mayor was by-passed in this, but that may just be my own personal interpretation of events reported in the press. During that time, the Governor made several public statements laying the groundwork for removing the Mayor from office. The indictments of 6 police officers were based on the independent findings by the State Attorney and State Police investigators which had been on-going since the day after Freddy Gray's death. IMO, the Mayor just responded to the State Attorney's indictment of the 6 officers to request the full investigation of the fed's Dept of Justice. So basically, the events are a reflection of time-lines at the various levels of government. |
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05-10-2015, 10:01 PM | #111 | |
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This article is almost a hour-by-hour description of what reporters
of the Washington Post learned about the day of the Baltimore riot. I feel the Mayor Rawlings-Blake comes off as relatively calm and methodical in her preparations, while the Governor Hogan is seen as impatient and frustrated, and in the end turned to political remarks. But you should read the entire article for yourself… In the crucial hours before Guard arrived, a communication breakdown Washington Post - Paul Schwartzman, Ovetta Wiggins and Cheryl W. Thompson - May 10, 2015 Quote:
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05-29-2015, 02:23 PM | #112 |
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06-11-2015, 08:11 PM | #113 |
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I have a close connection to Baltimore. Go every two years, have friends in Baltimore fire ... I was there two weeks after the riots. The city is recovering. It was weird and scary seeing places I loved being torn apart.
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