Baltimore Is Burning

pastafarian

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• Apr 28, 2015

• #1

widespread burning rioting and looting.

curfew declared,state of emergency and National Guard called out.

its all gone Boobz up!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32490250

 

JamesAndTheGiantHead

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• Apr 28, 2015

• #2

The police have started throwing the rocks back now.



Either that or he's catching a biscuit. The state of them!

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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• Apr 28, 2015

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You know it's serious when they cancel baseball games. The Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles MLB game was cancelled Monday night.

 

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http://www.wbaltv.com/


http://www.wbaltv.com/news/downtown-businesses-organizations-close-early-monday/32595778



http://www.wbaltv.com/news/demonstrators-converge-in-baltimore/32595700

 

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Blazing Apostle

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Wasn't that a song by The Ruts?

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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I've received notice that a few of the highly trained Chicago Police riot units will be going to Baltimore mainly as a way of showing solidarity and to aid in tactical situations that the Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland State troopers and Maryland National Guard may need help with.

 

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Burning Baltimore can only make it better. What a ghastly place it is, much of it looks like Beirut during its war. Hard to understand how US cities can have levels of urban depravation that are so extreme and so big, and then drop a luxury waterside development in there and think everything is OK. Different scale to anything you can see in the UK.

 

supaseagull

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• Apr 28, 2015

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I loved their song Tarzan Boy

 

TWOCHOICEStom

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Baltimore needs more Mum's like this....

 

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cheshunt seagull

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My family lived in the DC Maryland suburbs from 78-82 and I developed a soft spot for Baltimore which was always more down to earth and less up itself than Washington. That period also saw a lot of re-generation in the harbour area but that has never seemed to spread to the rest of the city. It's sad to see that its become a by-word for urban deprivation as its in the middle of one of the most affluent parts of the world's richest country.

 

Norman Potting

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• Apr 28, 2015

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JamesAndTheGiantHead said:

The police have started throwing the rocks back now.

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Either that or he's catching a biscuit. The state of them!

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I know it is a serious subject but the caption and avatar brightened my morning.

 

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jimbob5

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• Apr 28, 2015

• #12

Disappointing for the peeps who lives there.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Mustafa said:

Two massive problems in American culture today is police brutality and racism. It is unsurprising that it is finally manifesting itself like this - in fact, we should probably expect more of the same.

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I have to agree with this. It seems every other week there's a story of a black person being killed by the police. Sadly there's no easy or quick fix and even if this is possible the country is a few generations away from resolution IMHO.

 

seagullsovergrimsby

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Baltimore is looking more like Croydon every day.

 

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Jimmy's gonna get ya!

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• Apr 28, 2015

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RT have been covering this story since the guy died. The mainstream media have been avoiding it for one reason or another

 

Blue Valkyrie

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Jimmy's gonna get ya! said:

RT have been covering this story since the guy died. The mainstream media have been avoiding it for one reason or another

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Yeah, the BBC is avoiding it in this article today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32490250

 

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Jimmy's gonna get ya!

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• Apr 28, 2015

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.... Up until now .....

 

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Herr Tubthumper said:

I have to agree with this. It seems every other week there's a story of a black person being killed by the police. Sadly there's no easy or quick fix and even if this is possible the country is a few generations away from resolution IMHO.

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Agree, having their first black President doesn't seem to have eliminated the problem, but must also add that there also plenty of white people killed by American police every year too.

 

Tom Bombadil

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• Apr 28, 2015

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Jimmy's gonna get ya! said:

.... Up until now .....

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Bollocks, Ive seen the story in several news sources

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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Voroshilov said:

Bollocks, Ive seen the story in several news sources

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It has been covered more than anything on American telly that I can remember. Unfortunately each case of suspected police brutality that is recorded is given a trial in the court of public opinion that is extremely superficial.