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Protests to demand answers in the case of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man died in Baltimore Police custody last week, descended into chaos on Saturday night.
Spectators at the game, with a reported attendance of 36,757, were told that they could not leave the baseball stadium until cleared to do so by police, who allowed them to exit shortly after 10pm when the game ended.
Outside, protesters threw objects at cars, kicked windshields, smashed windows and threw a flaming trash can at police in riot gear.
Violence continued into the evening, with reports of looting and smashing of shop windows despite Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts's order for protesters to disperse.
originally posted by: Thorneblood
Here is an abstract thought....
Maybe we need to riot...maybe we need to purge ourselves that way...
Not in any political, racial, religious sense.....i think those are just excuses...
Maybe what we really need to do is just accept we are a Warrior culture and use that instead of shying away from it......
originally posted by: Thorneblood
Here is an abstract thought....
Maybe we need to riot...maybe we need to purge ourselves that way...
Not in any political, racial, religious sense.....i think those are just excuses...
Maybe what we really need to do is just accept we are a Warrior culture and use that instead of shying away from it......
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
originally posted by: Thorneblood
Here is an abstract thought....
Maybe we need to riot...maybe we need to purge ourselves that way...
Not in any political, racial, religious sense.....i think those are just excuses...
Maybe what we really need to do is just accept we are a Warrior culture and use that instead of shying away from it......
I was taught that is a "tantrum", infantile behavior appropriate for 4 year olds.
Psychologists will tell you it is an attention getting behavior without the condescending age implication.
IMO it's the result of not having the skills to express yourself in a constructive fashion.
Not surprising given how many people still graduate school and cannot read, write or express themselves creatively.
Any animal trapped in a cage too small will lash out in any way they can, even going so far as to chew their own limbs off.
In the case of people it matters not the actual size of the cage only their perception of it.
The economy is a shambles and our country is at eternal war.
People have lost hope in everything - their economic futures, chance for advancement, their basic institutions.
People that have the least to lose are the most likely to engage in rioting.
Our country has a long way to go yet it seems.