Baltimore riots...

[KansasClemson215]

There are thugs everywhere dude. They don't have to be from the hood to act like one

ur not understanding...in these areas the thugs are CONCENTRATED... I was a lookout boy by the age of 9..... keep in mind I lived with both parents and STILL became a lookout boy.. The ONLY thing that stopped me was my dad disciplining me... Guess what? These kids have NO fathers to discipline them.. So you cant give me ANY credit at all for who I am today because if it wasn't for my dad, I would be locked up right now

 

[enctigger]

It is like we are living Ina third world country. Just waiting for the electricity to go out for a few days.

 

[IcelandTiger]

nm

 

[Steven15]

ur not understanding...in these areas the thugs are CONCENTRATED... I was a lookout boy by the age of 9..... keep in mind I lived with both parents and STILL became a lookout boy.. The ONLY thing that stopped me was my dad disciplining me... Guess what? These kids have NO fathers to discipline them.. So you cant give me ANY credit at all for who I am today because if it wasn't for my dad, I would be locked up right now

Sorry you were in a rough environment growing up. Also I'm sorry you cant make moral decisions on your own. The no farther argument is BS. I was raised by my mother, you wont see me ever doing similar things. My best friend growing up, who was black btw, was raised the same way. He grew up in poverty and he is not a thug or behind bars(was from one the worse places in Birmingham.) You are making excuses for these criminals and I'm not sure why? Again I'll ask, is it because you feel obligated because of their similar skin color?

 

[avengermg73]

This is a friend that I served with and he is now a DJ out in Cali. Just for you KC215

https://www.facebook.com/liveontheradio/videos/vb.1780317559/10202882641505305/?type=2&theater

 

[One Fingerd Fist]

I wish they would shoot every singe of these thugs and leave them in the street. This isn't a protest whatsoever. These are hoodrat thugs doing what they do best.

These monsters you want to kill are between 10-18 years old.

 

[One Fingerd Fist]

Avengermg won potato award on this thread by a mile. I thought a few were going to catch him. Kansas you almost caught him for trying to argue against ignorance for so long. Must have been exhausting.

 

[Transference]

Sad that people use events like riots to justify their racism...

 

[IMBlessed]

This is so funny & Proverbs 3:5-6!
I too am a Christian, I too am a Black Man! I too am a Military Man! I too am the product of a single mother! I too have been profiled by policeman, spit on by racist people, called a ******, & denied promotion because of racist people. Also I have raised two very productive Black Men (Profiled & Abused By racist people including policeman), married to the same woman for 30+ years, Retired Military with a MA Degree, business owner & proud member of the NAACP! But, I am Not Perfect!

Also, I do not agree with violent protest anywhere (You know Dr. King - Oh They Killed Him To), do not accept that people cannot be saved, do not understand how so many in this forum have zero empathy for these young people, & to label a man or woman as animals - WoW! I Am Not Perfect!

Anyone can complain but real Americans do something, help find a solution. For me & My Imperfect Self, I volunteer to help change a life, before I criticize I try to emphasize ie why did that police officer do what he did to me - not accepting but trying to understand! For those labeling those kids as animals etc... Go today & find one of those you have stereotype & make a difference; those you are labeling as animals may come in all shapes, color & sizes. Most importantly they could use a mentor, hero, male/female figure in their lives or just a hug!

Most importantly, Pray, Trust God, 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 - To Help you to save enhance/change a life! Yes, People Of Many Race & Socio-economic groups Helped Save Me! So Please Stop Labeling/Complaining & Become A Blessing! Or You can stay behind your key board; complain, call names & remain that perfect homo sapian in the ivory tower!

May God Bless You & Your Family, Signed I Am Not Perfect But Blessed To Be A Blessing!

 

[coop#]

I love it when TI gets all racist.

 

[jmh9713]

I was young and dumb. Grew up in a single parent household. I never in a million years would think any of that is acceptable or ok to do simply because I was young.

This excuse is the most depressing thing about this situation. How in the world can anyone justify a man being dragged out of his store and almost beaten to death while he is robbed is beyond me.

 

[jmh9713]

Sad that people use events like riots to justify their racism...

Transference,

It is sad that people like you justify assault, robbery, rioting, etc...in the name of racism.

 

[trich24]

I get so fatigued reading these threads.

 

[Transference]

Transference,

It is sad that people like you justify assault, robbery, rioting, etc...in the name of racism.

Go ahead, call them animals and openly wonder why police just don't shot them. Just be yourself...

 

[CMTiger15]

It is funny to see all the "animal" comments Kansas. And you are right, they would not say a damn word to their faces. They are badass on the internet, though. What is really funny is that the people on here using the animal term would describe every black kid on the Clemson football roster the same way, if he was not wearing that orange jersey.

First off, I've never seen anyone on our football team act like this. Destroying the property of innocent people and using someone's death as an excuse to STEAL from others, is NOT a protest. This is an act by ruthless thugs and animals, and I'd be happy to say that to their faces...esp their POS 'mayor'.

And for the record, when these people are called 'thugs' and 'animals'...it's 100% due to their ACTIONS...not the color of their skin.

Nice going, racist. The ignorance is strong with you..

 

[Clemblack]

Wrong! We are the product of our choices. Every person born, whether they are white, black, brown; whether their family is rich, poor, middle class; whether they are from the country, city or suburb; we were all born powerful. No one was born powerless. God made sure of it. We were all born with the power to choose. That my friend determines the product of our lives.

This take is so discouraging to me. Do you honestly think that everyone is dealt the same hand? You and I, rest assured, had it easier growing up than these kids have had it. Lots of middle class folks were born on second base, yet they think they hit a damn double. These kids were born in the batter's box with an 0-2 count. Think. Think.

 

[XCUDB]

"Kansas either they don't know or don't care what goes on in the hood." Doughboy
Interesting you give a different perspective and you are called a racist, idiot, etc. The narrative has changed from yet again a Black man was killed by the cops to the riots.

XCUDB

 

[Joe Cobb]

This take is so discouraging to me. Do you honestly think that everyone is dealt the same hand? You and I, rest assured, had it easier growing up than these kids have had it. Lots of middle class folks were born on second base, yet they think they hit a damn double. These kids were born in the batter's box with an 0-2 count. Think. Think.

Why is that?

 

[Taylors_Tiger]

First off, I've never seen anyone on our football team act like this. Destroying the property of innocent people and using someone's death as an excuse to STEAL from others, is NOT a protest. This is an act by ruthless thugs and animals, and I'd be happy to say that to their faces...esp their POS 'mayor'.

And for the record, when these people are called 'thugs' and 'animals'...it's 100% due to their ACTIONS...not the color of their skin.

Nice going, racist. The ignorance is strong with you..

It is all just wrong and the behavior has got to change. We riot in this case bc of race, we riot bc our team win or lost a big game, we loot bc of the riot, we loot bc there is a hurricane or earthquake. It's all just f'ed up. You do not set another man/woman's property on fire, steal or destroy what isn't yours. There is no color, area of the country you come from, or background that makes this right. The racial division is the worst I have seen in my life. everyone is different and should be treated so no matter their color or background. If you are white you aren't automatically a "redneck hillbilly" and if you are black you aren't automatically s "thug".

 

[Dbatz]

Why is that?

where is the outrage? where are the riots over this? I could literallty fill pages with links to this type of thuggary.

 

[TheMoose]

Yes, to a certain degree you are a product of life experience. Experiences even influence brain developement. I grew up in a household with love, discipline and respect.
These poor inner city youths are stuck in a negative cycle and don't know how to break it. I have no clue what that is like. However, there is NO excuse to behave this way. There is no way to justify it.

 

[jmh9713]

Go ahead, call them animals and openly wonder why police just don't shot them. Just be yourself...

If by myself you mean a decent human being who does not beat a man close to death in order to loot his place of business then yea...i will be myself. You are such a clown show sometimes.

 

[firegiver]

So 10k people peacefully protest and maybe 1% of them loot some buildings. The media reports solely on the 1% looting and everyone here thinks Baltimore is burning? Ya'll have been trolled.

 

[XTIGERK]

The most pathetic, weakest and thoughtless posts ITT are the ones that just cry racism without any other thoughts. Let me get this straight for the record:

• I'm supposed to be supportive and not critical of these responses because I'm white?
• I'm supposed to care more and not less when people trash their own neighborhood?

This is not about race, it's about stupidity and ignorance plain and simple. This is about a group of people using an event as an excuse to do horrific things. This is not justice. The attention you are seeking you are now getting. Congrats - it's just not positive attention.

 

[KansasClemson215]

look thru ALL my posts, when did I ever call any of u racists???? I'll wait

 

[Transference]

If by myself you mean a decent human being who does not beat a man close to death in order to loot his place of business then yea...i will be myself. You are such a clown show sometimes.

I point out that it is sad when people use events like this to justify their racist bias' (as justified by multiple obvious posts ITT that numerous others have called out), and you take offense to it and create a straw man where I "justify assault, robbery, rioting, etc.".

I, probably wrongly, assumed you realized the fallacy in your argument and were just upset when you perceived someone called you a racist. So I stoked that flame.

Since you posted the same fallacy again, I've now changed my original opinion and think you're just a stupid piece of shit (who may or may not be racist).

 

[XTIGERK]

look thru ALL my posts, when did I ever call any of u racists???? I'll wait

I was not talking to you bro. Your responses are well thought out with reasons behind them. I can appreciate your point of view because at least you put some thought behind it. I'm speaking directly to those that respond with one sentence and cry racism.

 

[jmh9713]

So 10k people peacefully protest and maybe 1% of them loot some buildings. The media reports solely on the 1% looting and everyone here thinks Baltimore is burning? Ya'll have been trolled.

You are grasping here. I would say it has been the other way around in Baltimore.

 

[jmh9713]

I point out that it is sad when people use events like this to justify their racist bias' (as justified by multiple obvious posts ITT that numerous others have called out), and you take offense to it and create a straw man where I "justify assault, robbery, rioting, etc.".

I, probably wrongly, assumed you realized the fallacy in your argument and were just upset when you perceived someone called you a racist. So I stoked that flame.

Since you posted the same fallacy again, I've now changed my original opinion and think you're just a stupid piece of shit (who may or may not be racist).

Dude you have issues. Serious life issues. Good luck with that.

 

[avengermg73]

This is so funny & Proverbs 3:5-6!
I too am a Christian, I too am a Black Man! I too am a Military Man! I too am the product of a single mother! I too have been profiled by policeman, spit on by racist people, called a ******, & denied promotion because of racist people. Also I have raised two very productive Black Men (Profiled & Abused By racist people including policeman), married to the same woman for 30+ years, Retired Military with a MA Degree, business owner & proud member of the NAACP! But, I am Not Perfect!

Also, I do not agree with violent protest anywhere (You know Dr. King - Oh They Killed Him To), do not accept that people cannot be saved, do not understand how so many in this forum have zero empathy for these young people, & to label a man or woman as animals - WoW! I Am Not Perfect!

Anyone can complain but real Americans do something, help find a solution. For me & My Imperfect Self, I volunteer to help change a life, before I criticize I try to emphasize ie why did that police officer do what he did to me - not accepting but trying to understand! For those labeling those kids as animals etc... Go today & find one of those you have stereotype & make a difference; those you are labeling as animals may come in all shapes, color & sizes. Most importantly they could use a mentor, hero, male/female figure in their lives or just a hug!

Most importantly, Pray, Trust God, 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 - To Help you to save enhance/change a life! Yes, People Of Many Race & Socio-economic groups Helped Save Me! So Please Stop Labeling/Complaining & Become A Blessing! Or You can stay behind your key board; complain, call names & remain that perfect homo sapian in the ivory tower!

May God Bless You & Your Family, Signed I Am Not Perfect But Blessed To Be A Blessing!

Proud member of the NAACP huh. Yeah one of the largest separatist group there is. Can't make money when everyone gets along.

I commend you mentoring young youths if you really do that. I have mentored hundreds but that's beside the point.

My children didn't know what race was until they started school. Like Morgan Freeman said, the more we talk about it, the longer it will be around.

I will call them thugs and animals for their actions not for their color. So you can continue to judge me all you want.

I linked a pic for you to take a look at. This happened on Saturday before the mayor made her statement.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...-gave-space-to-rioters-who-wished-to-destroy/

Let me point out some details for you.

1) The KID is not a KID.
2) Look in his right hand see what he is holding.
3) Read the back of his shirt I will help you. It says Black Panthers.

Get off our high horse dude. Boo fvcking hoo, I have too have been pass over for promotion because of affirmative action. People have tried to intimidate me because I am white. It isn't a one way street.

 

[Transference]

Dude you have issues. Serious life issues. Good luck with that.

Right...

 

[Transference]

Proud member of the NAACP huh. Yeah one of the largest separatist group there is. Can't make money when everyone gets along.

I commend you mentoring young youths if you really do that. I have mentored hundreds but that's beside the point.

My children didn't know what race was until they started school. Like Morgan Freeman said, the more we talk about it, the longer it will be around.

I will call them thugs and animals for their actions not for their color. So you can continue to judge me all you want.

I linked a pic for you to take a look at. This happened on Saturday before the mayor made her statement.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...-gave-space-to-rioters-who-wished-to-destroy/

Let me point out some details for you.

1) The KID is not a KID.
2) Look in his right hand see what he is holding.
3) Read the back of his shirt I will help you. It says Black Panthers.

Get off our high horse dude. Boo fvcking hoo, I have too have been pass over for promotion because of affirmative action. People have tried to intimidate me because I am white. It isn't a one way street.

At this point, do you think, maybe even just a little bit, you are adding your own biased views to the riots? If so, do you think it is valid to do so?

 

[PAWrocka]

New Gov. Hogan has moved his office from Annapolis to Baltimore city. Dude is pure awesome.

 

[OrangeRegalia]

Have there been any similar scenarios recently to compare?

After the Sab Francisco Giants won the World Series.

After a surf competition in Huntington Beach.

After Kentucky's National Championship win.

So yeah. There are instances. And none of these got the recognition or the vitriol that the Baltimore or Ferguson riots have. No one is calling them thugs and animals. No one is saying like someone in this thread said that they wish they would shoot them all.

But hey maybe that's because sporting events are a more worthy cause to destroy property and riot over multiple instances of police brutality and murders of black individuals. Sporting events over humanity sounds about right these days.

 

[damecourt]

Get off our high horse dude. Boo fvcking hoo, I have too have been pass over for promotion because of affirmative action. People have tried to intimidate me because I am white. It isn't a one way street.

The irony of your post is rich when one looks at your avatar.

 

[KansasClemson215]

don't forget 2011 in Vancouver, when there were 9 officers injured, 17 police cars burned and 1200 criminal charges OVER the Stanley Cup lol

 

[lswon812]

After the Sab Francisco Giants won the World Series.

After a surf competition in Huntington Beach.

After Kentucky's National Championship win.

So yeah. There are instances. And none of these got the recognition or the vitriol that the Baltimore or Ferguson riots have. No one is calling them thugs and animals. No one is saying like someone in this thread said that they wish they would shoot them all.

But hey maybe that's because sporting events are a more worthy cause to destroy property and riot over multiple instances of police brutality and murders of black individuals. Sporting events over humanity sounds about right these days.

How many of these referenced riots included violence? How many of the riots were in the veil of a cry for change?

The sad thing is that we've been given a blue print for how to bring about change and growth when faced with repeated injustice and flat out hate but some choose to ignore it.

 

[avengermg73]

At this point, do you think, maybe even just a little bit, you are adding your own biased views to the riots? If so, do you think it is valid to do so?

No, I am using my personal experiences like others on this board to state my displeasure on what is going on in our country. I haven't ever rioted because of unfair treatment, but I have voiced my opinioned and never backed down from my principles.

 

[enctigger]

There is a leadership void in that city and it directly related to letting kids loot stores and burn buildings yesterday and last night. At the core there is no cohesive family unit present to stymie this kind of lawless activity before it takes root. Pour on a heaping teaspoon of decades long government band-aid fixes, as seen by social engineering programs that never work (but let the politicians say they are doing something so they can get re elected), and let the pot marinate in a drug injected haze for years and wala you got a powder keg with a short fuse ready to explode at the first excuse.

It is the result of a government failure where the politicians keep putting another program in place to "help" people that have been subjugated to the dungeons of our society, (which is inner city slum living conditions). The solution? Turn off the cash spigot and move all the inner city people out to reservations just like our government did with the Indians. At least that way maybe they will be able to open up casinos so that that can make some money legally. (heh heh a little levity but the point is there is no solution to reverse these peoples current conditions without hitting some sort of generational reset button.)

Seriously this is just a result of the situation those people find them selves living in. They are acting out trying to destroy the system and their current conditions thinking what could be worse. If we burn it down maybe the government will rebuild it better for us. They acted out and didn't care. I don't condone the actions, they are illegal and should be dealt with as per the code of law. But it is understandable in light of their plight. The circus that is political correctness in this country has become a theater of the absurd. Politicians saying they are making space for citizens to destroy another citizens property then saying it was the medias fault for twisting words is just so strange. Elementary behavioral science tells us that if you condone and/or allow lawless activity to take place with no firm judicial response it only further emboldens the perpetrators to continue on and escalate their activity.

Freddie Gray's death needs to be investigated and how in the world he got a severed spine needs to be explained. The culpable people should be tried according to the law if they have broken the law (seems obvious from here) and punished accordingly. But all the facts need to be reported. Freddie was no angel with over 18 arrests. He was a bad man by looking at his rap sheet. I am not a judge but it seems like he should have been in jail already. Of course all this is easy to say sitting out in the burbs. The view from 5000 feet is almost always clearer.

 

[avengermg73]

The irony of your post is rich when one looks at your avatar.

And that is why I picked it! Thank you for your research.