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1 ipsos  Apr 27, 2015 1:16:27pm

New FB sanity rule: you use the words “thug” or “animal” in describing what’s happening in Baltimore, I unfriend you.

2 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 1:17:31pm
3 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:18:30pm

How many more of these need to happen before people realize that this is a big problem in our society? Maybe if some prominent white conservative’s kid got killed unjustly by the police. Sorry for sounding so harsh but I think for many in white America, they don’t see this as a problem because it’s not their community that this is happening to.

4 makeitstop  Apr 27, 2015 1:18:49pm

re: #1 ipsos

New FB sanity rule: you use the words “thug” or “animal” in describing what’s happening in Baltimore, I unfriend you.

I had to dump a couple of people this morning after I started seeing the words ‘animals’ and ‘savages.’

Screw that noise.

5 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 1:19:13pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

How many more of these need to happen before people realize that this is a big problem in our society? Maybe if some prominent white conservative’s kid got killed unjustly by the police. Sorry for sounding so harsh but I think for many in white America, they don’t see this as a problem because it’s not their community that this is happening to.

That’s not harsh. That’s simply the truth.

6 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 1:19:15pm

Wow. Are you shitting me???

7 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:19:41pm

re: #4 makeitstop

I had to dump a couple of people this morning after I started seeing the words ‘animals’ and ‘savages.’

Screw that noise.

I was talking with my brother about this and he and I both agreed that you can really see people’s true colors come out reading the comments on these stories.

8 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:21:20pm

re: #6 Jenner7

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Wow. Are you shitting me???

Christ.

9 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:21:41pm
10 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:21:54pm

re: #5 gwangung

That’s not harsh. That’s simply the truth.

You’re right. Honestly as a white man, I’m tired of white America’s condescending attitude towards black people.

11 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:22:10pm

The kids are trying to get home from school, but Baltimore has shut down mass transit in the area.

12 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:23:04pm

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The kids are trying to get home from school, but Baltimore has shut down mass transit in the area.

OFFS.

13 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 1:23:06pm

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

Did Baltimore seek advice from Ferguson? Sweet Jeebus, how incompetent.

14 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:23:47pm
15 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 1:23:53pm
16 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:24:13pm

I hope that Lynch’s first order of business as AG is to investigate the hell out of police departments. There’s something deeply troubling about our police departments in this country.

17 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 1:24:21pm

re: #6 Jenner7

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Wow. Are you shitting me???

Wow.

18 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:24:39pm

re: #14 Kragar

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I hate saying it but I don’t think many of these cops actually want peace.

19 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:25:35pm
20 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:25:39pm

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The kids are trying to get home from school, but Baltimore has shut down mass transit in the area.

Like madeleines, tear gas smell jogs the memory.

21 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:26:44pm

Do we need better training or do we need an overhaul on how policing is done in this country?

22 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:26:53pm

Baltimore PD’s TL is the biggest pile of shit I’ve seen in a long while:

23 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 27, 2015 1:27:08pm

I live about 20 minutes south of Baltimore, although I don’t go there much. It’s right near by, and in some ways feels like a million miles away.

24 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 1:27:17pm

re: #18 HappyWarrior

I hate saying it but I don’t think many of these cops actually want peace.

Of course not. They want to be able to kill without any repercussions. That’s a huge part of why they have joined the oppressors…

“So what are we gonna do now?”

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25 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:27:29pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

Baltimore PD’s TL is the biggest pile of shit I’ve seen in a long while:

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Yeah that’s why you fire tear gas on high school children exercising their right to free speech and assembly.

26 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:28:00pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

Do we need better training or do we need an overhaul on how policing is done in this country?

“We need a better class of prisoner.”—Lester Maddox

27 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:28:55pm

re: #26 Decatur Deb

“We need a better class of prisoner.”—Lester Maddox

I’m serious. There’s something deeply wrong with the state of policing in this country. It’s something the justice department really needs to look into.

28 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:28:57pm
29 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 1:29:02pm
30 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:29:46pm
31 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:29:55pm

re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis

…

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row?

32 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:32:12pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Why do you think they call them “riot police”?

33 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:33:35pm

The media is going to start calling these “riots”.

There’s already a guy on MSNBC doing it, if not exactly saying the words. Oh, a cop. So, this is the attitude.

34 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:33:58pm

re: #27 HappyWarrior

I’m serious. There’s something deeply wrong with the state of policing in this country. It’s something the justice department really needs to look into.

At best the feds might cut off more of the Army surplus shit.

35 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:35:16pm

re: #33 Justanotherhuman

The media is going to start calling these “riots”.

There’s already a guy on MSNBC doing it, if not exactly saying the words. Oh, a cop. So, this is the attitude.

36 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:35:19pm

re: #34 Decatur Deb

At best the feds might cut off more of the Army surplus shit.

That would be a start at least. But you’re right. Only so much they can do. What I want to know is about the hiring practices and standards of police departments. Seems to me that a lot of people hired to be police officers are woefully not capable of the work.

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:36:06pm

re: #33 Justanotherhuman

The media is going to start calling these “riots”.

There’s already a guy on MSNBC doing it, if not exactly saying the words. Oh, a cop. So, this is the attitude.

They were calling it a riot on Saturday.

38 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:36:46pm

re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth

They were calling it a riot on Saturday.

Black people protesting is a riot to scared white people.

39 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:36:51pm

re: #36 HappyWarrior

That would be a start at least. But you’re right. Only so much they can do. What I want to know is about the hiring practices and standards of police departments. Seems to me that a lot of people hired to be police officers are woefully not capable of the work.

We’ve got 10-20,000 police forces. Guess which kind makes the news.

40 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 1:37:48pm

re: #35 Kragar

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41 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:37:57pm
42 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:38:30pm

re: #38 Kragar

Black people protesting is a riot to scared white people.

Black people being upset is a riot to scared white people. white people can feel so threatened by government health care reform efforts that they can bring their guns small dick feel betters to political protests but black people protesting police brutality are thugs and ritoers dontcha know.

43 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:39:07pm

re: #41 Justanotherhuman

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I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re trying to start shit.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:39:21pm
45 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:39:40pm

re: #43 HappyWarrior

I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re trying to start shit.

There are always provocateurs in these kinds of protests. Always.

46 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:40:31pm

But those don’t make for ratings.

47 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:40:33pm

Woops.

48 Shiplord Kirel  Apr 27, 2015 1:40:52pm

Racism divides our people.

As I have mentioned several times, there is widespread resentment of police overreach and bullying on the political right too. There would be hell to pay if these fed up conservatives ever combined forces with the similarly angry folk in minority communities.
I wonder if the authorities and their media lap dogs are aware of this and pitch their message to keep the fires of prejudice smoldering?

The suggestion seems borderline conspiratorial but it could also just be a natural reading of the impulse to manipulate.

49 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 1:41:03pm

re: #45 Justanotherhuman

There are always provocateurs in these kinds of protests. Always.

Well, you can’t always rely on the Black Bloc anarchists to get shit started.

50 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:43:13pm

Limbaugh brought his commentary to the next level by making a somehow inevitable Benghazi analogy. “Baltimore is getting the Ambassador Stevens treatment in Benghazi, and that, of course, is pioneered by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,” the host declared. “So Baltimore, like our ambassador in Libya, was left unprotected and undefended, and those who wished to destroy were given space to do it because on balance — and that’s what this is all about, she said — on balance that’s the safest way to go.”

Just to be clear, in this analogy, the city of Baltimore is Ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other Americans who died in Benghazi in 2012 and the protesters angry over the death of Freddie Gray are the terrorists.

51 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:43:28pm

deray mckesson @deray * 13s 13 seconds ago
My nose stings. I didn’t see pepper spray though. And lots of sneezing. Eyes burn. Mondawmin.

deray mckesson @deray * 1m 1 minute ago
The police just shot something twice. It was loud. I think a flash bomb. Mondawmin.

52 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:44:43pm
53 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:44:51pm

re: #50 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh: Baltimore Is Getting the ‘Benghazi’ Treatment

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54 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:44:53pm

Without any warning, I might add.

55 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:45:27pm
56 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:45:30pm

re: #50 Kragar

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Limbaugh again shows why he’s a disgusting human being as are the GOP politicians that go on his show and kiss his bigoted asshole. It will be a happy day for this country when people like Rush Limbaugh are seen as the merchants of hate they are. Rush and what he stands for is no different than the BNP and other European neo-fascists.

57 Cheechako  Apr 27, 2015 1:45:43pm

The only way to stop police riots is for the public to be able to identify individual police officers. Every police officer must be required to have their name or badge number posted in large letters on the front and back of their riot gear. Let the public and press be able to identify who’s misbehaving.
No more hiding behind the “thin blue line”!

58 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 1:45:51pm

Here goes Chuck again with his “black people are inherently inferior” bullshit.

59 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:46:57pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Here goes Chuck again with his “black people are inherently inferior” bullshit.

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Another bigoted asshole that loves exposing his inner klansman when shit like this happens. Fuck you Chuckles, fuck you Rush, and fuck all the other right wing assholes using this as their moment to equate African Americans to terrorists.

60 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:47:20pm

So, once again—white supremacists can train guns on BLM officers and try to intimidate them, refuse to allow them access, and yet in Baltimor.e—no weapons, just what people can find and the cops come out like storm troopers, gassing people.

61 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:47:42pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Here goes Chuck again with his “black people are inherently inferior” bullshit.

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And, you knew it was coming:

62 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:47:54pm

re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I for one think it’s thuggish to break a man’s spine and then deny him proper medical care. That’s real thuggery. Not daring to be upset at injustice.

63 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Apr 27, 2015 1:47:58pm

re: #27 HappyWarrior

I’m serious. There’s something deeply wrong with the state of policing in this country. It’s something the justice department really needs to look into.

We were sold on the formula that more policemen = better police protection without giving a thought to the quality behind the mere numbers.

64 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 1:48:36pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Note verb tense/grammar issues.

Baltimore riot (singular) followed by are (should be is). Yeah, he’s an “intellectual”. If by intellectual you mean someone who compares favorably to a toddler (and his scatological preferences certainly put him in that age cohort).

65 Iwouldprefernotto  Apr 27, 2015 1:48:40pm

re: #56 HappyWarrior

Limbaugh again shows why he’s a disgusting human being as are the GOP politicians that go on his show and kiss his bigoted asshole. It will be a happy day for this country when people like Rush Limbaugh die are seen as the merchants of hate they are. Rush and what he stands for is no different than the BNP and other European neo-fascists.

I don’t see the man stopping until he meets his maker.

66 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:48:53pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

And, you knew it was coming:

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There’s a lot of people in this country and pretty much all of them are on the political right who not only have never gotten over the successes of the Civil Rights movement but many of them aren’t over the 13th through 15th amendments.

67 makeitstop  Apr 27, 2015 1:49:02pm

re: #51 Justanotherhuman

Mondawmin.

I’ve been seeing this in Deray’s tweets all day, but I have no idea what it means. Anyone?

68 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:50:02pm

re: #67 makeitstop

I’ve been seeing this in Deray’s tweets all day, but I have no idea what it means. Anyone?

It’s a mall/neighborhood in Baltimore.

69 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:50:06pm

re: #65 Iwouldprefernotto

I don’t see the man stopping until he meets his maker.

He won’t stop and that’s what the shame is. It doesn’t help that GOP politicians love enabling him. If just a single GOP politician on a prominent level had the courage to call out this bloated bastard for the scumbag he is, maybe Rush wouldn’t had been able to accumulate the influence he ahs over the past two decades.

70 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 1:50:17pm
71 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 1:51:41pm
72 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:51:53pm

re: #67 makeitstop

I’ve been seeing this in Deray’s tweets all day, but I have no idea what it means. Anyone?

Mondawmin is a neighborhood located in the United States city of Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is surrounded by Druid Hill Park, the Whitelock Community, and Lower Park Heights.

They’re near Mondawmin Mall now.

73 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:52:52pm

But remember, Obama calling out the right wing extremists is mean spirited but it’s perfectly okay for Rush, Chuckles, etc to talk about black Americans as if they’re terrorists, sub-human, etc. Yeah liberals are like Nazis my ass. The American right probably would have embraced Hitler if he were around now and Obama were denouncing him. Again maybe that’s harsh but the American right’s true fascist and white supremacist colors come out when things like this happen.

74 makeitstop  Apr 27, 2015 1:52:53pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s a mall/neighborhood in Baltimore.

Thank you.

75 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:53:02pm

re: #71 Kragar

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Good. Let the DoJ take it over.

76 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:54:12pm

And he tweets that CNN is worried about the Orioles game…priorities, you know.

77 bubba zanetti  Apr 27, 2015 1:54:32pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can you dig it?

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78 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Apr 27, 2015 1:55:04pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Bell Curve

automatic racism points

79 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 1:55:32pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

He won’t stop and that’s what the shame is. It doesn’t help that GOP politicians love enabling him. If just a single GOP politician on a prominent level had the courage to call out this bloated bastard for the scumbag he is, maybe Rush wouldn’t had been able to accumulate the influence he ahs over the past two decades.

A GOPer calling out Rush Limbaugh isn’t going to happen. There’s decades of resentment-based GOP strategy behind keeping that blowhard and his stupid ditto heads in line.

80 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:56:18pm

re: #76 Justanotherhuman

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And he tweets that CNN is worried about the Orioles game…priorities, you know.

What was really neat to see is that the COO of the Orioles spoke out.
ftw.usatoday.com
I’m biased because i’m a fan but I’m proud to be a fan of that team today knowing they have owners like this.

81 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 1:56:45pm
82 Shiplord Kirel  Apr 27, 2015 1:57:10pm

We need a translator for right wing hyperbole. Context is key.

For instance, if Jade Helm is the equivalent of the Nazi take-over of Czechoslovakia, and gay marriage of Kristallnacht, then the Baltimore protests easily qualify as the First Intifada, if not the Battle of Algiers.

83 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 1:57:27pm

good freaking grief:

84 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 1:57:45pm

re: #78 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

automatic racism points

Agreed. Affirmatively citing The Bell Curve is pretty much 100% proof that one is a racist.

It’s the only useful function that book serves.

85 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:58:00pm

re: #79 EPR-radar

A GOPer calling out Rush Limbaugh isn’t going to happen. There’s decades of resentment-based GOP strategy behind keeping that blowhard and his stupid ditto heads in line.

I know it won’t happen now. My point is if a single prominent one had say called him out in the mid 90’s perhaps he would be just another right wing kook rather than someone who the Missouri GOP decided was worthy of a bust in the Missouri capitol and someone that is able to push GOP politicians around. Sorry I wasn’t more clear. I meant someone should have called out Rush years ago when he was saying toxic shit like calling a teenaged Chelsea Clinton a dog.

86 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 1:58:01pm

re: #73 HappyWarrior

Much of the American right did embrace Hitler. Look at Lindbergh’s prewar activities and why he was kept in the South Pacific during the War.

87 BishopX  Apr 27, 2015 1:58:19pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

At least they’re using quotes…unlike fox

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88 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 1:58:42pm

re: #78 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

automatic racism points

Bonus points for him being too stupid to understand it.

89 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 1:58:59pm

re: #67 makeitstop

I’ve been seeing this in Deray’s tweets all day, but I have no idea what it means. Anyone?

That’s the neighborhood. The name of the mall. Soooo late. :)

90 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 1:59:10pm

This police crap and resultant protests is not going to change until enough white people grow sick of it and start communicating to all politicians and police departments they aren’t going to stand for it anymore.

I am not sure what it will take to reach that state as I fear too many white people don’t give a shit and in a way buy the reporting. And as seen above by the lazy use of the word suspect for Freddie Gray by CNN, they don’t seem to care enough to even spend time to use the proper/better words. I get the feeling white America sees it as trouble making and isolated cases even if there are many occurring.

What a mess. In so many ways this country is slipping back into some of our more turbulent times.

91 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 1:59:15pm

Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. For years, conservatives bitched about high birth rates among minorities. Now, birth rates are down, and they’re bitching again. Citing claims about high abortion rates.

92 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 1:59:39pm

re: #86 William Barnett-Lewis

Much of the American right did embrace Hitler. Look at Lindbergh’s prewar activities and why he was kept in the South Pacific during the War.

A true point, yes. And as much as they hated FDR, it would have been even worse if we had faced Hilter with Obama as president. I can just see them praising Hitler like many of them praise Putin now.

93 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:01:27pm

re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth

And, you knew it was coming:

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Krafty is a white supremacist account.

94 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:01:34pm
95 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 2:01:34pm

re: #85 HappyWarrior

I know it won’t happen now. My point is if a single prominent one had say called him out in the mid 90’s perhaps he would be just another right wing kook rather than someone who the Missouri GOP decided was worthy of a bust in the Missouri capitol and someone that is able to push GOP politicians around. Sorry I wasn’t more clear. I meant someone should have called out Rush years ago when he was saying toxic shit like calling a teenaged Chelsea Clinton a dog.

I don’t think a GOPer going against Limbaugh could have happened in the 90s either. Even then, Limbaugh was the bigoted voice of the GOP base, and GOPers were either crazy themselves or well aware of the need to pander to the crazies.

96 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:02:59pm

re: #93 Lord Of The Pies

Krafty is a white supremacist account.

yep, I know.

97 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:03:14pm
98 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 2:03:33pm

re: #92 HappyWarrior

A true point, yes. And as much as they hated FDR, it would have been even worse if we had faced Hilter with Obama as presidency. I can just see them praising Hitler like many of them praise Putin now.

This GOP would have been a fifth column for the Nazis if Obama had been president during WWII. They wouldn’t have been able to keep their opposition to Obama to only words.

99 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:03:43pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep, I know.

Probs one of Chucky’s BFFs.

100 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:03:58pm

re: #95 EPR-radar

I don’t think a GOPer going against Limbaugh could have happened in the 90s either. Even then, Limbaugh was the bigoted voice of the GOP base, and GOPers were either crazy themselves or well aware of the need to pander to the crazies.

Yeah I sadly think you are right. Limbaugh basically was a national voice of what Lee Atwater was doing for years. Really, I see conservatives cry about how liberals call them racist. Well a non racist ideology wouldn’t have let Limbaugh build up what he did. It’s their own damn fault is my point that they’re seen as racists by the left. They can cry race card all they want but conservatives have earned as far as I’m concerned the racist label. That’s not to say all conservatives are racists but most racists in this country are definitely conservatives.

101 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:04:28pm
102 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:04:54pm
103 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 2:05:02pm
104 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 27, 2015 2:05:46pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

Here goes Chuck again with his “black people are inherently inferior” bullshit.

Word + Salad = Word Salad.

105 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:07:12pm
106 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:07:18pm

re: #1 ipsos

New FB sanity rule: you use the words “thug” or “animal” in describing what’s happening in Baltimore, I unfriend you.

How to characterize the people who broke bones of police officers, looted a CVS, injured one officer so badly that he’s “unresponsive”, and set fire to a police car?

Activists. There we go.

107 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 2:07:58pm

re: #100 HappyWarrior

Yeah I sadly think you are right. Limbaugh basically was a national voice of what Lee Atwater was doing for years. Really, I see conservatives cry about how liberals call them racist. Well a non racist ideology wouldn’t have let Limbaugh build up what he did. It’s their own damn fault is my point that they’re seen as racists by the left. They can cry race card all they want but conservatives have earned as far as I’m concerned the racist label. That’s not to say all conservatives are racists but most racists in this country are definitely conservatives.

As far as I’m concerned, the GOP is essentially racist until it at least: 1) utterly repudiates the southern strategy and makes it clear in word and in deed that the party will no longer pander to or tolerate white resentment; and 2) completely ends its voter fraud nonsense and admits on the record its purpose of depressing turnout in D-leaning groups.

Tough, but fair.

108 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:08:10pm

Oh, the apologist has arrived.

109 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 2:08:49pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

Unfriended.

110 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 2:09:48pm
111 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:09:50pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

I have never said this to anyone here ever before, but fuck off.

112 Lidane  Apr 27, 2015 2:10:05pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

How to characterize the people who broke bones of police officers, looted a CVS, injured one officer so badly that he’s “unresponsive”, and set fire to a police car?

If they’re white, those are called sports fans after a team wins a championship.

113 makeitstop  Apr 27, 2015 2:10:29pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

How to characterize the people who broke bones of police officers, looted a CVS, injured one officer so badly that he’s “unresponsive”, and set fire to a police car?

Activists. There we go.

And what do you call a gang of men who snapped a black man’s spine in at least two places?

Oh, yeah. Peace officers.

114 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:10:47pm

TCOT is bugfuck crazy swarmed by racists

115 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:10:55pm
116 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:10:57pm

re: #60 Justanotherhuman

So, once again—white supremacists can train guns on BLM officers and try to intimidate them, refuse to allow them access, and yet in Baltimor.e—no weapons, just what people can find and the cops come out like storm troopers, gassing people.

“No weapons”. You can kill people with stones. They may have done just that. Or maybe the guy will pull through.

117 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:11:28pm
118 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 2:11:41pm
119 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:11:42pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

Patriots responding to terrorist attacks by blue uniformed Thugs? ///only slight exaggeration. Pity there is no way to permanently block you here.

120 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:11:43pm
121 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:12:29pm

re: #116 lostlakehiker

Go home thug apologist.

122 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 2:12:35pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

How to characterize the people who broke bones of police officers, looted a CVS, injured one officer so badly that he’s “unresponsive”, and set fire to a police car?

Activists. There we go.

Since you like to “characterize” things so much, how do you characterize the police actions that lead to these supposed riots, etc.?

123 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:13:08pm

re: #109 wrenchwench

Unfriended.

As if you were ever any friend. Mark you, I did not use any word whatsoever of condemnation for the people who were doing those things. All I did was bring up the FACT that they had DONE them.

You evidently see this itself as a reproach of conduct that ought not be reproached.

124 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:13:43pm

re: #122 ObserverArt

Since you like to “characterize” things so much, how do you characterize the police actions that lead to these supposed riots, etc.?

Yeah funny how people eager to call protesters “thugs” and “animals” never have a word for the fucking cops who kill unarmed people. I got a word. Thuggish assholes who shouldn’t be allowed to wear the uniform or a badge.

125 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:14:04pm

re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth

I second that.

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:14:18pm

re: #123 lostlakehiker

LOL! “ACTIVISTS!!!111!!!”

fuck off, again.

127 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 2:14:35pm

re: #106 lostlakehiker

How to characterize the people who broke bones of police officers, looted a CVS, injured one officer so badly that he’s “unresponsive”, and set fire to a police car?

Activists. There we go.

That was a report from the police, wasn’t it?

Why would you just take the police’s word for it, in this city, under these circumstances?

128 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 2:14:49pm

re: #123 lostlakehiker

As if you were ever any friend. Mark you, I did not use any word whatsoever of condemnation for the people who were doing those things. All I did was bring up the FACT that they had DONE them.

You evidently see this itself as a reproach of conduct that ought not be reproached.

I see your words as those of a person wearing blinkers to support his position.

129 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:15:15pm

re: #119 William Barnett-Lewis

Patriots responding to terrorist attacks by blue uniformed Thugs? ///only slight exaggeration. Pity there is no way to permanently block you here.

It’s really gratifying to have on record your take on this. Any time in the future that you need to be discredited, there it is, in writing. “Patriots”.

130 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:15:25pm

re: #123 lostlakehiker

The police are the enemy of everyone who is not White AND Rich. They kill with impunity and refuse to be held accountable.

Until they are held accountable, the people will have to do whatever they can.

131 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 2:15:45pm
132 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:16:59pm
133 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:06pm
134 wrenchwench  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:15pm

re: #129 lostlakehiker

It’s really gratifying to have on record your take on this. Any time in the future that you need to be discredited, there it is, in writing. “Patriots”.

If a person could be discredited with one post, you’d be long gone.

135 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:17pm

re: #127 gwangung

That was a report from the police, wasn’t it?

Why would you just take the police’s word for it, in this city, under these circumstances?

I’ve seen live coverage of the riots. I know about the burning and the looting. Why would you take the word of the cameras, under these circumstances?

But we can wait and see.

As if you are really in any doubt. You know as well as I that these reports of officers with broken bones will prove to be true. That the report of an officer who was, at the time of the report, “unresponsive”, will also prove to have been true.

136 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:18pm

How come the people threatening the BLM weren’t thugs or animals? How come right wingers never resort to dehumanizing people like that? How come t’s acceptable for right wing politicians to talk about “second amendment solutions” to fucking health care reform but it’s not okay for black people to be fed up with the police terrorizing people?

137 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:18pm

Provocation. Extremely so.

138 BeenHereAwhile  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:24pm

re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis

Of course not. They want to be able to kill without any repercussions. That’s a huge part of why they have joined the oppressors…

“So what are we gonna do now?”

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“When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row”

The Guns Of Brixton
The Clash

139 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:42pm

re: #122 ObserverArt

Since you like to “characterize” things so much, how do you characterize the police actions that lead to these supposed riots, etc.?

Waiting!

Probably for a long long time.

140 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 2:17:50pm

re: #130 William Barnett-Lewis

The police are the enemy of everyone who is not White AND Rich. They kill with impunity and refuse to be held accountable.

Until they are held accountable, the people will have to do whatever they can.

This has certainly become crystal clear to me over the past few months. My few harmless encounters with cops simply aren’t representative.

141 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:18:01pm

re: #137 Justanotherhuman

Provocation. Extremely so.

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They’re the cowards.

142 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:18:12pm
143 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:18:21pm

re: #129 lostlakehiker

Go ahead Apologist for Murders.

As a former NCO of the USArmy I know who the enemies of the USA & our constitution are. The police in Baltimore are part of the enemy.

144 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:18:36pm
145 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 2:19:29pm
146 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:19:38pm
147 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:19:45pm
148 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:19:54pm

re: #142 lawhawk

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Yeah we always hear about the poor cops. And you know what, I don’t condone violence directed at cops at all but at the same time, when have strongly police officials ever condoned the use of deadly force on unarmed people? Where was the condemning of Eric Garner’s killers? Where are the condemners of Freddie Gray’s killers?

149 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:20:20pm

re: #145 teleskiguy

Ah, a regular William Wallace. /

150 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:20:26pm

re: #146 Kragar

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Scratch a dipshit on Twitter, find a fascist fuck.

151 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 2:20:40pm

re: #136 HappyWarrior

How come the people threatening the BLM weren’t thugs or animals? How come right wingers never resort to dehumanizing people like that? How come t’s acceptable for right wing politicians to talk about “second amendment solutions” to fucking health care reform but it’s not okay for black people to be fed up with the police terrorizing people?

I think we know that answer.

152 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:20:58pm

re: #123 lostlakehiker

As if you were ever any friend. Mark you, I did not use any word whatsoever of condemnation for the people who were doing those things. All I did was bring up the FACT that they had DONE them.

You evidently see this itself as a reproach of conduct that ought not be reproached.

Why don’t you just develop a conscience?

153 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:21:06pm

re: #148 HappyWarrior

154 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:21:35pm
155 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:21:37pm

Police absolutely incited and wanted this to happen. Media complicit. Rinse. Repeat.

Sigh….

156 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:21:40pm

re: #134 wrenchwench

If a person could be discredited with one post, you’d be long gone.

That’s up to Charles. He sets the rules, and I follow them, apart perhaps from an accidental transgression.

I even find myself in agreement with the forum as a whole on some topics. But rioting, evidently, is not one of them. On this topic, I find myself more in the camp of the family of the original victim.

157 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:21:55pm

re: #151 ObserverArt

I think we know that answer.

I know, I’m being rhetorical. I just would love to if I could ask one of the same right wing shits in the media who defended the Bundy protesters and yet calls the Baltimore protesters “thugs” that question. I’d just love to see if I could get an actual answer.But I doubt I would.

158 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 2:23:10pm

re: #135 lostlakehiker

I’ve seen live coverage of the riots. I know about the burning and the looting. Why would you take the word of the cameras, under these circumstances?

But we can wait and see.

As if you are really in any doubt. You know as well as I that these reports of officers with broken bones will prove to be true. That the report of an officer who was, at the time of the report, “unresponsive”, will also prove to have been true.

Actually, I see you’re implicitly assuming that this occurred unprovoked and was unmotivated.

That may be so. But that’s still taking on faith the actions of individual who may not be worthy of it.

159 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:23:24pm
160 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:23:29pm

re: #156 lostlakehiker

Leave then moral coward. The police instigated these riots to get fools like you to support them. You disgust me.

161 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:23:48pm

re: #139 ObserverArt

Waiting!

Probably for a long long time.

I’m already on record on that topic, with a post here from a few days ago. I said that the fact that he’d sustained that injury was evidence of police misconduct. That it was implausible that a young, previously healthy man would sustain such an injury in the course of an arrest made with appropriate force.

So you didn’t have to wait at all. It was already there, written down, before any of this stuff today happened.

162 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:26:16pm

re: #160 William Barnett-Lewis

Leave then moral coward. The police instigated these riots to get fools like you to support them. You disgust me.

The police did not instigate these riots. And I still do not support breaking peoples’ necks during arrests.

As to “moral coward”, we just disagree on what is right and what is wrong. I find the breaking necks to be wrong, and the breaking of other bones to also be wrong. You? Well, you tell me.

163 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:26:51pm

re: #156 lostlakehiker

No one here loves the rioting. But you cannot ignore the fact of police abuse, police incitement, and MOST of all, the police killing unarmed black men and women on a regular basis.

They pretty much put out a memo for people to come out and throw shit at them!

164 SteelPH  Apr 27, 2015 2:27:19pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

165 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 27, 2015 2:27:30pm

My Maryland news feed on Twitter is reporting burning vehicles, looting of a CVS and a payday lender.

Sounds like there are different things going on across the city.

Large police deployments but seemingly not where the violence and looting are.

166 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:27:41pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

The point is, we don’t know the the facts of how these officers sustained “injuries” and the real extent of them.

Except from the propagandists at the BPD and the complicit media that does not question them.

167 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:27:55pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

Keep digging. Pretty soon you’ll hit magma.

168 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:28:21pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

The police did not instigate these riots.

Complete and utter BULL SHIT.

169 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:29:25pm
170 BishopX  Apr 27, 2015 2:29:42pm

I find it interesting that no one seems to be tracking injuries among protesters.

We get a blow-by-blow of every injustice done to a police officer but we hear nothing about anyone else.

If this was anywhere but america the american media would be calling hospitals and asking for casualty counts…

171 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 2:29:42pm

re: #165 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

My Maryland news feed on Twitter is reporting burning vehicles, looting of a CVS and a payday lender.

Sounds like there are different things going on across the city.

Large police deployments but seemingly not where the violence and looting are.

Hm. Could that be a consequence of shutting down transit, during a school day, leaving large number of high school students on the street to get home, and other wise adding to the number of bodies in the city?

172 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 2:29:59pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

The police did not instigate these riots. And I still do not support breaking peoples’ necks during arrests.

As to “moral coward”, we just disagree on what is right and what is wrong. I find the breaking necks to be wrong, and the breaking of other bones to also be wrong. You? Well, you tell me.

No broken neck…no broken bones.

173 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 2:30:24pm

re: #168 Jenner7

Complete and utter BULL SHIT.

Agreed. Enough of these events in a short time, and anyone can see the pattern emerge. The worse the initial police brutality incident appears to be, the more likely it is that the police will provoke a riot to make the initial story disappear.

174 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:30:47pm
175 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:31:00pm
176 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:31:31pm

re: #162 lostlakehiker

Police did not instigate these riots? How do you come to that conclusion? Riot police out in force before riots (eerily similar to Ferguson), escalated actions, rocks thrown, tear gas tossed, injuries reported, etc.

Riot police spraying pepper spray from armored cars.

All while local official shut down mass transit in the area, leaving those who want nothing to do with any violence stuck in the area that cops purposely try to isolate.

At same time, cops attempt to justify their actions by claiming that various gangs would work together (even though those same gangs - Bloods and Crips - would be at their throats any other time - and why would those same gangs attack and kill cops because that would bring down a whole new level of crackdown that those gangs would avoid at all costs.

177 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 2:31:33pm

CNN is noting that none of these people are protesters and wondering why police are allowing the looting to happen.

That’s a good question, considering they claimed they knew this would happen.

This whole thing stinks. You know why they aren’t doing this? Because they want this on TV, to feed the hateful racists who will call them animals.

178 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:31:34pm

re: #170 BishopX

I find it interesting that no one seems to be tracking injuries among protesters.

We get a blow-by-blow of every injustice done to a police officer but we hear nothing about anyone else.

If this was anywhere but america the american media would be calling hospitals and asking for casualty counts…

Precisely. Our media stinks though.

179 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:32:06pm

deray mckesson retweeted

True God (r) @TrueGodImmortal * 7m 7 minutes ago
True God (r) retweeted deray mckesson
The 52, 53, 54, and the subways blocked off. The 5, etc. True God (r) added,
deray mckesson @deray

See, the buses aren’t running over here right now. There are many students just trapped over here now. They can’t get home. Mondawmin.

180 lawhawk  Apr 27, 2015 2:32:54pm

re: #170 BishopX

Questioning the number of injuries among protesters in twitter gets this sort of response:

181 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Apr 27, 2015 2:33:43pm

re: #171 gwangung

Hm. Could that be a consequence of shutting down transit, during a school day, leaving large number of high school students on the street to get home, and other wise adding to the number of bodies in the city?

Yeah, not seeing much from the Maryland news media about the shut down transportation.

Media saying police want parents to come down and get their kids. But not how shutting down bus service could have disrupted things.

182 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:34:01pm

You know, I don’t condone violence nor rioting but at the same time. How many deaths like Freddie’s have to happen before the cops that kill young men like him are not only put on trial for their crimes but also not returned to policing the streets. It’s easy to say “Oh don’t resist the police.” Maybe resistance is the difference between life and death. The people who I have observed condemning the protesters in situations like this the most are people who would never get scapegoated by the police because of their skin color and or socio-economic background.

183 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:34:39pm

re: #181 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah, not seeing much from the Maryland news media about the shut down transportation.

Media saying police want parents to come down and get their kids. But not how shutting down bus service could have disrupted things.

Yeah especially in an urban area where there isn’t as much car owners.

184 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:34:59pm

re: #181 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Right. Look at the BPD timeline:

twitter.com

185 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:36:11pm
186 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:36:50pm

re: #185 Justanotherhuman

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Again this is how real thugs act.

187 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:37:36pm

Oh, for chrissakes.

Los Angeles Police Department issues ‘Blue Alert’ ordering officers to ride in pairs after ‘credible threat’ made in Baltimore against all law enforcement officers - @ABC7
see original on twitter.com

188 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:38:40pm

re: #187 Justanotherhuman

Oh, for chrissakes.

Los Angeles Police Department issues ‘Blue Alert’ ordering officers to ride in pairs after ‘credible threat’ made in Baltimore against all law enforcement officers - @ABC7
see original on twitter.com

Yeesh.

189 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:39:28pm

They shut down transportation before school let out—so they set this up.

190 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:40:38pm
191 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:40:58pm

…

192 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:41:13pm

re: #190 Kragar

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Of course.

193 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:41:20pm

Deray says the street isn’t even closed where this photo was taken.

194 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 2:42:32pm

re: #189 Justanotherhuman

They shut down transportation before school let out—so they set this up.

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Now they are demanding parents come get their kids.

They are absolutely clueless/they want to use their gear.

195 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:42:36pm

This is horrible to watch:

196 prairiefire  Apr 27, 2015 2:42:40pm

re: #16 HappyWarrior

I hope that Lynch’s first order of business as AG is to investigate the hell out of police departments. There’s something deeply troubling about our police departments in this country.

She’s very good at it.

197 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 2:43:47pm
198 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:44:17pm

re: #196 prairiefire

She’s very good at it.

I am thinking this was why Obama chose her. Hopefully she can get some productive work done before the new president because I think even if Clinton is elected, she will likely want to have her own man or woman for the job and of course if a Republican is elected forget about it.

199 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:45:23pm

*FACEPALM*

200 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:46:18pm

re: #199 Lord Of The Pies

*FACEPALM*

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I’ll bet those parents are worried sick.

201 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 2:46:53pm

re: #200 Justanotherhuman

I’ll bet those parents are worried sick.

And if they go looking for their kids, they’ll just get tear gassed and called rioters.

202 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:47:13pm

re: #200 Justanotherhuman

I’ll bet those parents are worried sick.

HOW ARE THE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO COME & GET THEIR KIDS IF THE ROADS ARE CLOSED OFF & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SHUT DOWN?

Jesus the stupidity.

203 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:47:33pm

re: #181 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah, not seeing much from the Maryland news media about the shut down transportation.

Media saying police want parents to come down and get their kids. But not how shutting down bus service could have disrupted things.

Shutting down the bus service is a huge disruption when school lets out.
Public transportation is the school buses.
The kids have no way to get home other than to walk.

204 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:48:46pm

re: #187 Justanotherhuman

Oh, for chrissakes.

Los Angeles Police Department issues ‘Blue Alert’ ordering officers to ride in pairs after ‘credible threat’ made in Baltimore against all law enforcement officers - @ABC7
see original on twitter.com

That same “credible threat” this morning that was used as an excuse to bring out the riot gear.

205 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:49:09pm

re: #202 Lord Of The Pies

HOW ARE THE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO COME & GET THEIR KIDS IF THE ROADS ARE CLOSED OFF & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SHUT DOWN?

Jesus the stupidity.

That’s just it - they aren’t supposed to. These actions by the Baltimore PD are designed to give them an “excuse” to bust heads. And if the parents do try to help their children, they will be attacked & gassed too.

Straight out of the Ferguson PD playbook.

206 prairiefire  Apr 27, 2015 2:49:36pm

My grandma died from a severed spine after being hit by a drunk driver going 60 mph while she was in her car in stalled traffic. I don’t see how the hell the Baltimore cops could have the same effect.

207 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 2:49:59pm

She seems nice==>

208 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:50:49pm

re: #206 prairiefire

My grandma died from a severed spine after being hit by a drunk driver going 60 mph while she was in her car in stalled traffic. I don’t see how the hell the Baltimore cops could have the same effect.

A knee with lots and lots of pressure on the back of the neck of a man face down on the ground will do that.

209 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 2:50:49pm

re: #130 William Barnett-Lewis

The police are the enemy of everyone who is not White AND Rich. They kill with impunity and refuse to be held accountable.

Until they are held accountable, the people will have to do whatever they can.

The police are the friend and protector of practically everybody, and most particularly the weak. It is because of them, in large part, that the many killers that exist in our society do not kill with impunity.

As to “killing with impunity”, what sort of impunity does the officer in Tulsa enjoy? He stands charged with murder. That’s what I call accountability. And we have yet to see what will happen with the arresting officers in the Baltimore case.

210 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 2:50:50pm

On a very special episode of The Wire …

211 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 27, 2015 2:51:17pm

The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.

Richard J. Daley

212 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:51:46pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

Bull.

213 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 2:52:06pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

The police are the friend and protector of practically everybody, and most particularly the weak. It is because of them, in large part, that the many killers that exist in our society do not kill with impunity.

You still want to keep digging?

Tamir Rice. John Crawford, jackass.

214 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:52:20pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

That pay-to-play cop in Tulsa is enjoying a month-long vacation in the Bahamas right now.

215 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:52:44pm

re: #207 Lord Of The Pies

She seems nice==>

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No, “Teri”, you twat, Pres Obama is monitoring these actions from the WH.

He’s not a racist reactionary like you.

I hope Loretta Lynch is sitting there w/him.

216 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 2:53:58pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

As for Tulsa, “Oh you’e indited but you can still leave the country on a vacation rather than await trial in jail because you’re white not black.”

I’ll believe that Tulsa matters when him and the Sheriff are both in Orange Jumpsuits in OK State Prison for life.

217 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 2:54:11pm

You’re not helping:

218 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:54:13pm

re: #207 Lord Of The Pies

She seems nice==>

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Yeah if only we had Mitt Romney or John McCain in the White House.

219 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 2:56:01pm
220 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 2:57:11pm

re: #219 Justanotherhuman

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He’s doing a great job keeping people updated a lot like how Antonio French handled Ferguson.

221 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 2:57:11pm

re: #161 lostlakehiker

I’m already on record on that topic, with a post here from a few days ago. I said that the fact that he’d sustained that injury was evidence of police misconduct. That it was implausible that a young, previously healthy man would sustain such an injury in the course of an arrest made with appropriate force.

So you didn’t have to wait at all. It was already there, written down, before any of this stuff today happened.

Please do not think I hang on your every post. You could have provided a link to your previous comment instead of the response about you already bestowing us with your thoughts.

Forget it. I think I have a feel for your stance just on your comments in this thread.

222 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 3:00:27pm

JSMH

223 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 3:01:27pm

Swing and a miss….

224 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:01:48pm

re: #220 HappyWarrior

He’s doing a great job keeping people updated a lot like how Antonio French handled Ferguson.

@deray, 29, is the former Senior Director of Human Capital with Minneapolis Public Schools and is a Teach For America alum, having taught 6th grade math in NYC. He has been documenting the events of Ferguson via twitter (@deray) and is the Founder and Co-Editor of the Ferguson Protestor Newsletter. He is an activist, organizer, and educator focusing primarily on issues impacting children, youth, and families. He previously worked for the Harlem Children’s Zone and TNTP, opened an academic enrichment center in West Baltimore, and with Baltimore City Public Schools leading systemic human capital change.

wetheprotesters.org

225 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 3:02:40pm

@CNN DONATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR FAMILY OF POLICE CAR

— Alex Rios (@alexrioscomedy) April 27, 2015
226 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 3:04:17pm

Chuck always gets excited and happy when there’s racial unrest.

227 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:04:32pm

re: #223 Ace-o-aces

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Swing and a miss….

I wish I could smack someone every time they say concealed keeps society polite. Uh no assholes it doesn’t. It gives people more of an excuse to shoot. And yeah he’s ignorant about Maryland law what a shocker coming from him.

228 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:04:42pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

…

229 A Cranky One  Apr 27, 2015 3:04:54pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

The police are the friend and protector of practically everybody, and most particularly the weak. It is because of them, in large part, that the many killers that exist in our society do not kill with impunity.

I was once arrested by a cop because he felt I wasn’t deferential enough. That cop was later convicted of murder and is the primary suspect in another murder.

Tell me again how police are the friend and protector of practically everybody. Are there good cops? Yes. But what you fail to recognize is that there are a LOT of bad cops as well.

I try to treat people with respect, but frankly, you’re just an asshole.

230 Shiplord Kirel  Apr 27, 2015 3:04:58pm

The culture of the police profession is the real problem. It is profoundly authoritarian and violent, built on force and intimidation alone. They are oblivious to public anger, because public anger, the helpless rage of the powerless “sheep” is a sign of the cops’ own power and dominance.

This culture has changed beyond any recognition since I was a desert cop in California over 30 years ago. If present-day police can’t silence or intimidate critics (always their first response) their next recourse is to whine that the civilian critic just cannot imagine what it is like to cope with the stress, the violence, and the truly rotten people and situations they encounter.

Well, I do know what it is like—— to go up to a darkened trailer near Barstow to arrest a drug crazed biker for murdering his girlfriend, to find four dead children in the back of a smashed van, and so on. It is a tough job, to be sure, but that is no excuse to violate your mandate and your oath by using your authority to abuse the very people who gave you that authority in the first place.

I will not deny that abuses occurred back in the day, but we at least remembered who we worked for and that we were supposed to be a force for good in the community, and not a superior class with a special set of rules and answerable to no one.

231 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:05:03pm

re: #226 Charles Johnson

Chuck always gets excited and happy when there’s racial unrest.

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Chuckles doesn’t even attempt to hide the fact that he’s a bigoted piece of shit.

232 makeitstop  Apr 27, 2015 3:05:09pm

re: #201 gwangung

And if they go looking for their kids, they’ll just get tear gassed and called rioters.

Call me cynical and slightly paranoid, but I had that same thought. Inflate the ‘aggressive’ crowd numbers.

233 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 3:06:00pm

re: #223 Ace-o-aces

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Swing and a miss….

Maryland is “may issue”. Effectly that means that like New York and California only the rich and famous get to have a CCL.

234 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:06:11pm

re: #224 Justanotherhuman

@deray, 29, is the former Senior Director of Human Capital with Minneapolis Public Schools and is a Teach For America alum, having taught 6th grade math in NYC. He has been documenting the events of Ferguson via twitter (@deray) and is the Founder and Co-Editor of the Ferguson Protestor Newsletter. He is an activist, organizer, and educator focusing primarily on issues impacting children, youth, and families. He previously worked for the Harlem Children’s Zone and TNTP, opened an academic enrichment center in West Baltimore, and with Baltimore City Public Schools leading systemic human capital change.

wetheprotesters.org

I suddenly feel less accomplished. So much accomplished for a man only two years older than me. Props to him.

235 Blind Frog Belly White  Apr 27, 2015 3:06:46pm

re: #223 Ace-o-aces

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Swing and a miss….

IOW, the N•••••s will behave if white folks are armed?
I can only imagine just how much worse any of this would be if you toss in a bunch of armed white yahoos - besides the cops, that is

236 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:06:52pm

One term mayor?

237 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 3:07:15pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

The police are the friend and protector of practically everybody, and most particularly the weak.

238 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:09:58pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

Nope. Accountability starts with admitting there is a problem. Then a solution to a problem. Then convictions. In any order, really. Just charging a cop isn’t going to solve the problem.

Police forces in this country need total reform.

239 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:10:09pm

re: #234 HappyWarrior

I suddenly feel less accomplished. So much accomplished for a man only two years older than me. Props to him.

I hope he goes far. He’s living through the fire.

240 gwangung  Apr 27, 2015 3:10:23pm

re: #232 makeitstop

Call me cynical and slightly paranoid, but I had that same thought. Inflate the ‘aggressive’ crowd numbers.

I think they’re so inept at laying out strategy that they don’t even see how their tactics could possibly escalate tensions and trigger responses.

241 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 3:10:56pm

re: #236 Justanotherhuman

One term mayor?

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She is not very impressive with the way she is handling all of this.

242 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:12:41pm

re: #241 ObserverArt

She is not very impressive with the way she is handling all of this.

I don’t think so, either. She’s mealy mouthed and distancing herself from everything happening in #Baltimore except for a few mealy-mouthed comments.

243 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:13:02pm

A big problem in this country is police officers are seldom even indicted let alone convicted for crimes against citizenry. I am not sure what the solution ought to be but I do think DoJ needs to be monitoring police departments with a big eye. I also think we need less prosecutors like Robert McCullouch who see themselves as an extension of the police department and their members rather than being what they are and were meant to be and that’s representative of the people. We need to have video cameras on police officers too. I also think we need better training of police officers as well so we have less individuals who think deadly force is the first answer. There was no reason that Freddie Gray had to die.

244 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 3:13:23pm

Wonder what would happen if a bunch of black guys with riffles ran into the street……

245 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:13:28pm

re: #239 Justanotherhuman

I hope he goes far. He’s living through the fire.

I think he will. He’s a smart guy.

246 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:13:29pm

Upchuck-for-brains isn’t even trying anymore:

247 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 3:13:58pm
248 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:14:26pm

re: #244 Ace-o-aces

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Wonder what would happen if a bunch of black guys with riffles ran into the street……

Yeah I see the pictures of the open conceal carry people in Texas who are pretty much all white and wonder what would happen to them if they were minorities.

249 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:14:53pm

And their water bottles, too.

250 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:15:38pm

re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth

Upchuck-for-brains isn’t even trying anymore:

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You know Chuck if you’re that blood thirsty, maybe you should cut yourself and drink your own blood rather than being eager for the spilling of the blood of your fellow Americans you fascist fuck.

251 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:15:47pm

just pathetic

252 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:17:01pm
253 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:17:01pm
254 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:17:04pm

re: #249 Justanotherhuman

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And that’s what is wrong with our society. Too many in white America get more upset about black people looting than the loss of a black life by a police officer. They always try to find some rationalization for the death but oh no the looting, this is the most saddest thing ever./ Not that looting is good midn you but I find Freddie’s death an infinite amount more tragic than looting.

255 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:17:18pm

Pretty sure everyone in Baltimore already knows where she lives.

256 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:18:01pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

Yes! Well said.

257 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:18:01pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

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just pathetic

But he’s not racist. Nope not at all. I’ll give Chucky this much. At least he doesn’t try to hide how big a racist creep he is.

258 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:18:26pm
259 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:19:54pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

Property over Black people’s lives—always. Except when they were property and even then, people treated their inanimate objects better.

260 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:20:14pm

re: #258 Kragar

261 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:20:15pm

re: #256 Jenner7

Yes! Well said.

Which really is the whole point of #Blacklivesmatter. When people tweet that, they’re trying to get people like me (upper class whites) to realize that the death of someone like Freddie who was only a year younger than me matters more than a store getting trashed. His family and friends will never have him back and they also have to live with knowing there’s a slim chance his killer will get convicted let alone even indicted.

262 A Cranky One  Apr 27, 2015 3:20:15pm

re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth

And once again Upchuck proves that in addition to being a human skidmark, he’s a terrible writer. “Publish the mayor’s house”….what?

263 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 3:21:54pm

You know how to change twitter. Close your accounts and tell them why.

Change only comes when you want it to. Maintaining a twitter account is enabling them to do what they have been doing.

Tell me you can’t/won’t and Twitter thanks you to allow them to do business as usual.

264 palomino  Apr 27, 2015 3:22:03pm

re: #209 lostlakehiker

The police are the friend and protector of practically everybody, and most particularly the weak. It is because of them, in large part, that the many killers that exist in our society do not kill with impunity.

As to “killing with impunity”, what sort of impunity does the officer in Tulsa enjoy? He stands charged with murder. That’s what I call accountability. And we have yet to see what will happen with the arresting officers in the Baltimore case.

What accountability are you talking about? In order for a cop to even get charged, there has to be video of him literally shooting an unarmed suspect in the back (Tulsa, Charleston, Fruitvale Station Oakland). Otherwise the benefit of the doubt is always given to the police, as we’ve seen time and time again.

Sure, most cops are decent people. But the institutions they serve are often seriously fucked up. Riots like these don’t occur in a vacuum; people don’t just riot for no reason. And if you look back historically at similar events (riots in Watts, Detroit, LA, Ferguson, etc.), there’s usually a corrupt dysfunctional police force involved.

265 DodgerFan1988  Apr 27, 2015 3:22:07pm

On talk radio and right wing websites conservatives are more angry at blacks being upset by Freddie Gray’s death than they are at Freddie Gray’s death.

266 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:22:19pm

re: #262 A Cranky One

And once again Upchuck proves that in addition to being a human skidmark, he’s a terrible writer. “Publish the mayor’s house”….what?

I think he means punish. Now I make my fair share of typos but I don’t go around the internet saying I’m an award winning journalist and everything js jealous of me. Chuck’s typos wouldn’t be so mock worthy if he wasn’t such a self-rgitheous dickbag.

267 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 3:22:40pm
268 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:03pm

re: #265 DodgerFan1988

On talk radio and right wing websites conservatives are more angry at blacks being upset by Freddie Gray’s death than they are at Freddie Gray’s death.

I believe it which is pretty much the crux of my 254.

269 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:22pm

Upchuck may get his wish.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland National Guard put on alert regarding riots in Baltimore - @LarryHogan
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But not the killing of Freddy Gray?

More: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: ‘I strongly condemn the actions of the offenders who are engaged in direct attacks against innocent civilians, businesses and law enforcement officers. There is a significant difference between protesting and violence and those committing these acts will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law’
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What a waste of skin this racist POS is.

270 sagehen  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:27pm

Can just anybody nominate people for Polk and Peabody awards? ‘Cause I’m thinking Deray deserves public acclaim for his journalism.

Maybe we should start a campaign…

271 prairiefire  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:32pm

re: #234 HappyWarrior

I suddenly feel less accomplished. So much accomplished for a man only two years older than me. Props to him.

Geeze, you’re getting old! I remember when you were in college! About the same time as Jamesfirecat, iirc.

272 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:45pm
273 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:23:47pm
274 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:24:09pm

CNN just said the Orioles game has been postponed…

275 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:24:14pm

They canceled the Orioles game. No link since it was a text message as I get Orioles updates on my phone.

276 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 3:24:38pm

re: #221 ObserverArt

Please do not think I hang on your every post. You could have provided a link to your previous comment instead of the response about you already bestowing us with your thoughts.

Forget it. I think I have a feel for your stance just on your comments in this thread.

I gave you the next best thing to a verbatim recap of the post. I don’t keep links to all my posts. It’s not that big a thing with me.

277 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:24:58pm

re: #271 prairiefire

Geeze, you’re getting old! I remember when you were in college! About the same time as Jamesfirecat, iirc.

I think I’m a year older than James. But eyah I’ve been out of school for close to 2 and a half years now. Man does time fly.

278 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:25:05pm

re: #276 lostlakehiker

*yawn*

279 A Cranky One  Apr 27, 2015 3:26:08pm

re: #266 HappyWarrior

No, he meant publish the mayor’s address, as was clear from the following tweet.

280 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:26:20pm
281 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 3:26:32pm

Conservative Twitter is a fucking sewer, way more than usual today. UpChuck’s feed alone is wretch worthy.

282 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 3:26:37pm

I’m out. Getting too frustrated. See you all later.

Forget the Twitter comment above…borne of my frustration. I do see it as more bad than good…just my opinion. After all, how ever did we all get by without it?

283 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:26:40pm

re: #279 A Cranky One

No, he meant publish the mayor’s address, as was clear from the following tweet.

Nevermind then.

284 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:27:01pm

re: #274 Jenner7

CNN just said the Orioles game has been postponed…

Now the white people will begin to riot.
/

285 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:27:44pm
286 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:27:51pm

Apparently Baltimore PD used up all their tear gas on high school kids to deal with this:

287 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:28:54pm

re: #284 Kragar

Now the white people will begin to riot.
/

Heh and I’m a white Orioles fan at that.

288 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:30:40pm
289 William Lewis  Apr 27, 2015 3:31:11pm

re: #276 lostlakehiker

We already know your response. The word “trite” comes to mind. “Tripe” does as well.

290 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:31:46pm
291 DodgerFan1988  Apr 27, 2015 3:32:43pm

Conservatives on Twitter are calling for a Tiananmen Square-style massacre against the black protesters. salon.com

292 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:33:58pm

re: #291 DodgerFan1988

Conservatives on Twitter are calling for a Tiananmen Square-style massacre against the black protesters. salon.com

293 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:34:25pm
294 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 3:35:00pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

Chuckles doesn’t even attempt to hide the fact that he’s a bigoted piece of shit.

It gets him MOAR WHITE SUPREMACIST followers, and he’s hoping they’ll contribute to his Griftathon.

295 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:35:01pm

re: #291 DodgerFan1988

Conservatives on Twitter are calling for a Tiananmen Square-style massacre against the black protesters. salon.com

It’s not even surprising any more.

296 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:35:12pm

re: #293 Jenner7

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Yeah, President Obama is soooo ignoring it.

*spit*

297 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:35:40pm

re: #293 Jenner7

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What is he supposed to do? And Baltimore isn’t that close to DC.

298 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:36:20pm

ARE THERE NO FIREHOSES??!!??

299 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 3:37:04pm
300 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:38:02pm

re: #299 Ace-o-aces

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Yep. Fucking bigoted double standarded prick pretzels.

301 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:40:23pm
302 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:40:31pm

re: #297 HappyWarrior

Just posting his view. I certainly understand the frustration. I’m not sure what he’s supposed to do. But we do need more leaders in this country…our law makers and such, to come out for solutions. Voting and protests only do so much.

303 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:40:40pm

deray mckesson @deray * 5m 5 minutes ago
The Nation of Islam is now managing traffic and is managing people directly in front of the police keeping it calm. Baltimore.

304 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:41:23pm
305 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:42:53pm
306 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:42:57pm

re: #302 Jenner7

Just posting his view. I certainly understand the frustration. I’m not sure what he’s supposed to do. But we do need more leaders in this country…our law makers and such, to come out for solutions. Voting and protests only do so much.

I know. I just don’t know what Obama’s supposed to realistically do here. Yes,, Baltimore is close to D.C but he doesn’t have a lot of jurisdiction there .

307 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:43:32pm

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Precisely.

308 lostlakehiker  Apr 27, 2015 3:43:53pm

re: #143 William Barnett-Lewis

Go ahead Apologist for Murders.

As a former NCO of the USArmy I know who the enemies of the USA & our constitution are. The police in Baltimore are part of the enemy.

Well, I don’t call people assholes and apologists for murder and so on, not even behind the shield of anonymity on the internet. But I am not what you call me, and you had no grounds to throw that insult.

309 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:44:51pm

oooh, apologist haz been INSULTED!

310 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:45:18pm

Pretty sure I have another “fuck off” around here….

311 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:45:33pm
312 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:45:34pm

Why? Rioting white fans pissed off?

313 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:45:44pm

re: #306 HappyWarrior

Obama has done more than Congress, in my opinion. He met with the commission, etc.

314 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 3:46:43pm
315 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 3:47:03pm

re: #313 Jenner7

Obama has done more than Congress, in my opinion. He met with the commission, etc.

I agree.

316 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:48:03pm

White House says President Obama spoke with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake regarding ongoing protests - @WhiteHouse
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22m
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says Department of Justice stands ready to provide any assistance to Baltimore - @WhiteHouse
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317 Patricia Kayden  Apr 27, 2015 3:48:19pm

re: #6 Jenner7

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Wow. Are you shitting me???

Wow. And that’s CNN not Fox News!

Wow. Just wow.

318 Jenner7  Apr 27, 2015 3:49:49pm

And Charles Wade, who tweeted that, is a good man. He’s been feeding his community for many months.

319 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 3:50:06pm

So, it appears that all will pay for the actions of a few cops who killed a man.

320 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 3:50:33pm

re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth

321 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 3:50:50pm

LOL not just at his twisted logic but also at his hashtag!

322 Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2015 3:55:51pm

re: #258 Kragar

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Done Done

Not that it makes a flying fuck

323 paladin183  Apr 27, 2015 3:56:32pm

re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth

This sums up Baltimore, Ferguson, Los Angeles and other protests/riots to a T. This is the result of nearly 300 years of human right abuse and violations that are still continuing to this day.

324 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 3:57:40pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL not just at his twisted logic but also at his hashtag!

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I hear Balitmore is a tough town.

325 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:00:19pm

Someone from Baltimore (didn’t get who it was) said that there are 16K boarded up houses in Baltimore. I’ve been listening to Rev Al.

Gray family is reported to be heartbroken by what’s happening.

Evidently it was young teens, immature 14-16 yrs olds, with a sense of disenfanchisement and disconnection who are said to have looted and set the CVS on fire. But they’re not a part of the protest itself which is in another area.

Why did they stop public transportation so early? Obviously, this is the result cops wanted.

326 RealityBasedSteve  Apr 27, 2015 4:03:30pm

re: #324 Ace-o-aces

I hear Balitmore is a tough town.

it’s not as graceful as Balletmore

RBS

327 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:04:15pm
328 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:04:47pm

This is just pent up frustration at what’s happening in Black communities every day.

329 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:05:23pm

re: #318 Jenner7

And Charles Wade, who tweeted that, is a good man. He’s been feeding his community for many months.

Apologies to him then. I just don’t know what President Obama can do here. Now is a big test for Governor Hogan though.

330 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:05:45pm

Oh, yeah, the media will get on this right away.
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331 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:06:38pm
332 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 4:07:55pm
333 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:08:02pm

re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOL not just at his twisted logic but also at his hashtag!

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Hasn’t that proven to be wrong too?

334 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:08:32pm

re: #333 HappyWarrior

Hasn’t that proven to be wrong too?

Pretty sure.

335 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:09:30pm

re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth

Pretty sure.

This much I do know. Some of the most poor areas of this state and also high on government assistance are also some of the most white areas. They also are some of the most Republican areas.

336 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:09:36pm
337 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:10:32pm

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah but if we just listen to the police, we’ll be fine. Sigh. And I imagine Baltimore’s PD isn’t unique and there are cases like this all over the place.

338 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:10:42pm

Oh please.

Editor’s note: Per the Baltimore Sun, today’s rioting stemmed from a flier that circulated among students via social media about a “purge” to take place at Mondawmin Mall. ‘Such memes have been known to circulate regularly among city school students, based on the film “The Purge,” about what would happen if all laws were suspended.’ - Tom
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339 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:11:19pm
340 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:11:48pm

re: #335 HappyWarrior

This much I do know. Some of the most poor areas of this state and also high on government assistance are also some of the most white areas. They also are some of the most Republican areas.

Same here. A lot of bad schools, HS dropouts, etc.

341 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:12:14pm

Evening Lizardim from the wild north country. I have just returned from a trip to fish country, and this is what I see. What the fuck, America. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cloudless spring day?

342 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 4:12:26pm
343 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:12:43pm

Obviously you do hate to see looting but goddamn it, you can rebuild that burned building. You can restock the shelves of that looted store. You can’t bring back Freddie Gray to his family and friends.

344 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 4:12:45pm
345 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:13:44pm

re: #340 Justanotherhuman

Same here. A lot of bad schools, HS dropouts, etc.

And yet these are the people who buy Republican bs about “welfare queens” hook line and sinker. They delude themselves into thinking that Romney wasn’t attacking them when he made his 47% remark but he was.

346 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:14:15pm

re: #341 thedopefishlives

Evening Lizardim from the wild north country. I have just returned from a trip to fish country, and this is what I see. What the fuck, America. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cloudless spring day?

I have “patchy frost” in the forecast for tonight.
Pretty sure I’m just gonna let the plants outside fend for themselves this time…

347 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:14:37pm
348 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 4:14:41pm
349 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:15:19pm
350 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:16:19pm

re: #343 HappyWarrior

Obviously you do hate to see looting but goddamn it, you can rebuild that burned building. You can restock the shelves of that looted store. You can’t bring back Freddie Gray to his family and friends.

CVS has closed a number of stores. Is it presumptuous of me to think they’re in Black neighborhoods?

351 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:16:23pm

re: #348 Kragar

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Yeeeeeeah, that guy would get shot if he was black. Well, then again, he’d get shot for being black even without the sign, so.

352 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:16:38pm

re: #348 Kragar

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They should have been protesting over Obama trying to improve their health care premiums, then FNC would see them as concerned patriots fighting against big government. It’s deeply amusing and disturbing how conservatives who claim to oppose “big government” embrace authoritarian police tactics whenever people protest following the death of an unarmed black person.

353 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 4:16:48pm

This guy’s Twitter feed is fascinating, and utterly horrifying.

354 Ace-o-aces  Apr 27, 2015 4:17:06pm

Todd K must be so sad he got kicked off twitter last year.

355 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:17:13pm

We’ve even seen a non-media example of this on this very thread!

356 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:17:55pm

re: #354 Ace-o-aces

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Todd K must be so sad he got kicked off twitter last year.

I used to think it was just the anonymity of the internet but I see these comments with people using their facebook accounts to post them.

357 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:22:03pm
358 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 4:22:31pm

So my mom is a retired teacher up in Los Angeles. For 30 years, she worked with at risk and trouble students, many of them with gang associations.

She was talking to a one of “her kids” who basically runs a neighborhoods for the Bloods who has said that all the local gangs have initiated a truce and are working out plans to work together if any thing breaks out in Los Angeles.

Now on the bright side, my mom has also been told if anything does happen, there are at least 3 separate gangs who have promised to protect her and her house no matter what.

359 paladin183  Apr 27, 2015 4:23:27pm

re: #328 Justanotherhuman

I had to chuckle at that one. One guy just nonchalantly records a smoke grenade then a second guy just lobs it back to the police.

This is the kind of results that the police want, even nationwide. This will take quite a bit of the attention off of the police for their egregious human rights violations and will distract the average American. The media will be focus on the riots and turn a blind eye to the police.

360 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:24:54pm

re: #345 HappyWarrior

And yet these are the people who buy Republican bs about “welfare queens” hook line and sinker. They delude themselves into thinking that Romney wasn’t attacking them when he made his 47% remark but he was.

Of course. And in wealthier white areas, they’re able to get the schools their kids go to upgraded, since they have the power of money, and many are degreed professionals, so they demand them.

It’s a dilemma, of course. When looking for houses, I’m looking at older areas in a town not too far from here (which we could afford) where the schools in town are rated A+, away from the really prices areas near the lake, but my grandson, who isn’t smart enough yet to know much about bad schools, is looking in a rural area where schools are rated C or even below. And it’s full of those types of people.

361 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:25:17pm
362 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:28:27pm

HE HAZ BLACK FRIENDS, SO SHUT UP!!11!!!

363 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:32:30pm
364 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 4:33:08pm

WTFITS

365 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:33:23pm

re: #362 Backwoods_Sleuth

HE HAZ BLACK FRIENDS, SO SHUT UP!!11!!!

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lol Mr. I believe in the Bell curve is claiming he has black friends. Nice try Chuckles.

366 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:33:33pm

re: #364 Lord Of The Pies

Dafuq?

367 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:33:45pm

Are the violent police going to kill that guy, too?

368 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:33:56pm

re: #364 Lord Of The Pies

WTFITS

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Another right wing shithead.

369 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 4:34:06pm
370 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:34:35pm

re: #366 thedopefishlives

Dafuq?

It’s basically Benny the little shitface’s way of claiming that because Baltimore is predominately black that black people can’t criticize the BPD for racism which is utter nonsense.

371 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 4:37:07pm

Logged in quickly to mention Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake to address the public at 7:45. I imagine MSNBC and others will be picking it up.

Later.

372 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:37:21pm

Do notice that Ben never pulls that on the many white conservatives who claim that whites are persecuted against. Gee I wonder why.

373 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 4:39:08pm

TODAY’S WORST WINGNUT TWEET ABOUT BALTIMORE==>

374 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:40:04pm

re: #373 Lord Of The Pies

TODAY’S WORST WINGNUT TWEET ABOUT BALTIMORE==>

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Coming from someone who praises Eurofascist rioting thugs, Pam can politely go back to chugging cheap vodka.

375 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:42:06pm

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake set to speak at 7:45 pm ET on riots in city - @BadNewsBlues
see original on twitter.com

376 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:44:04pm

You don’t see conservatives on Twitter, Facebook, etc calling white sports fans rioters after sports losses, wins, etc “thugs” or “animals.” Again gee I wonder why. And gee I wonder why many of them don’t end up dead at the hands of the police departments.

377 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:45:26pm
378 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:46:03pm

re: #376 HappyWarrior

You don’t see conservatives on Twitter, Facebook, etc calling white sports fans rioters after sports losses, wins, etc “thugs” or “animals.” Again gee I wonder why. And gee I wonder why many of them don’t end up dead at the hands of the police departments.

I made the joke to my mom and dad about a riot in St. Paul should the Wild win their series at home (which they did) being the “politest riot ever.” At which point he piped up with some inane racist malarkey about violent riots in Indianapolis following Kentucky’s NCAA loss being predominantly “people of a certain persuasion, if you catch my drift.” Ugh. I love my dad, but really?

379 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 4:46:34pm
380 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:49:22pm

re: #378 thedopefishlives

I made the joke to my mom and dad about a riot in St. Paul should the Wild win their series at home (which they did) being the “politest riot ever.” At which point he piped up with some inane racist malarkey about violent riots in Indianapolis following Kentucky’s NCAA loss being predominantly “people of a certain persuasion, if you catch my drift.” Ugh. I love my dad, but really?

Agh. I mean. The rioting is really unfortunate but at the same time, I’m more bothered by this man’s death and the fact that it willl be a small miracle if his killer is even indicted.

381 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:50:11pm

re: #380 HappyWarrior

Agh. I mean. The rioting is really unfortunate but at the same time, I’m more bothered by this man’s death and the fact that it willl be a small miracle if his killer is even indicted.

100% agreed.

382 b.d.  Apr 27, 2015 4:50:55pm

How can any major US police force be so tone deaf and counterproductive in light of what has been going on the past year or so?

383 CBGB  Apr 27, 2015 4:51:27pm

One note regarding the National Guard is that they often have a more calming influence on these kind of event than it might first seem. They are more separated from the local tensions, and bring far, far more professionalism to an immensely shitty task than local cops do, especially when what we might be looking at is a police riot. Not a perfect rule to be sure, but I’m thinking along the lines of ‘68 Chicago.

384 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 4:54:34pm

re: #381 thedopefishlives

100% agreed.

I mean whenever my grandmother talks about this, she always talks about the rioting and looting, and I have to be like “Listen, the rioting and looting is awful and I by no means condone it but you can rebuild the stores, the Gray family won’t get their son back.” And I also have pointed out that Gray and many of these other men are close to my age so I am trying to get her to imagine if it had been me or one of her other grandchildren or grand nephews.

385 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 4:54:52pm

I had to mute Chuck’s timeline. Can’t stand any more of his nauseating trolling right now. This guy is really sick in the head.

386 Kryptik  Apr 27, 2015 4:55:59pm

re: #385 Charles Johnson

He and his ilk sadly have a rather large support base in this country, as made clear by the kind of responses we’ve seen today. If anything, it’s clear they represent a silent majority in this country and that’s a truly depressing thought.

387 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 4:56:07pm

Of course FN reports it like this:

Photo: Demonstrators seen at Mondawmin Mall, where Baltimore police report looting - @fox5newsdc
see original on myfoxdc.com

388 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 4:57:47pm

re: #382 b.d.

How can any major US police force be so tone deaf and counterproductive in light of what has been going on the past year or so?

Willful ignorance.

389 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 4:58:41pm

Seriously recommend everyone with a Twitter account report his Tweet twice, both for inciting violence and for targeted harassment. He was suspended for doing exactly this same thing before, using Twitter to promote his own doxing on Got News.

390 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 4:59:09pm

re: #378 thedopefishlives

I made the joke to my mom and dad about a riot in St. Paul should the Wild win their series at home (which they did) being the “politest riot ever.” At which point he piped up with some inane racist malarkey about violent riots in Indianapolis following Kentucky’s NCAA loss being predominantly “people of a certain persuasion, if you catch my drift.” Ugh. I love my dad, but really?

Those damned burning couches…again…

391 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:00:16pm
392 danarchy  Apr 27, 2015 5:01:12pm

Mayor just announced a 10pm to 5am curfew for the next week.

393 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:01:24pm

re: #386 Kryptik

He and his ilk sadly have a rather large support base in this country, as made clear by the kind of responses we’ve seen today. If anything, it’s clear they represent a silent majority in this country and that’s a truly depressing thought.

And they vote too.

394 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 5:02:22pm
395 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:02:43pm

re: #392 danarchy

Mayor just announced a 10pm to 5am curfew for the next week.

I wonder how they plan to do that with the baseball games. Orioles have a ton of evening home games into this weekend.

396 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:03:12pm

re: #394 Kragar

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Smart man and I’ll remind those who condemn looting and act like looters should be shot to look at the fucking Boston Tea Party.

397 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:03:35pm

re: #392 danarchy

{Sigh}

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake: ‘It is very clear there is a difference between what we saw over the past week with the peaceful protests … and the thugs’
end of alert

398 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:03:59pm

re: #395 HappyWarrior

I wonder how they plan to do that with the baseball games. Orioles have a ton of evening home games into this weekend.

They canceled tonight’s game over safety concerns. They could reschedule the whole homestand if it comes down to it - though that would completely suck.

399 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:04:01pm

I decided to play around with an old Virgin HTC phone’s camera. The phone account is inactive, but I can still get on the internet using my wireless router as a mobile hotspot.
I need to figure out everything the phone can do, but here’s a shot I just took of some early blooming iris by the pumphouse in the back yard.

400 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:04:31pm

re: #394 Kragar

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This goes back to one of my favorite (and possibly original) sayings: Violence is always an answer. It may not be THE answer, but it is always AN answer.

401 danarchy  Apr 27, 2015 5:05:32pm

re: #397 Justanotherhuman

{Sigh}

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake: ‘It is very clear there is a difference between what we saw over the past week with the peaceful protests … and the thugs’
end of alert

City council president also opened up with calling them thugs.

And so did the other city councilor who just spoke.

402 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 5:05:40pm
403 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:05:43pm

re: #398 thedopefishlives

They canceled tonight’s game over safety concerns. They could reschedule the whole homestand if it comes down to it - though that would completely suck.

Yeah, I saw that. I just wonder how they would do go about it. A small possible solution if they were to cancel the homestand would be to have the games played at Nationals Stadium which would work given the Nats are on the road but it would suck.

404 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:06:08pm

re: #402 Kragar

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This too.

405 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:07:11pm
406 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 5:07:33pm

re: #386 Kryptik

He and his ilk sadly have a rather large support base in this country, as made clear by the kind of responses we’ve seen today. If anything, it’s clear they represent a silent majority in this country and that’s a truly depressing thought.

Do not fall for the “silent majority” ploy. Things are worse than they appeared in the ’90s, but a lot better than they were in the ’60s. If you want to assess the state of race relations in America, get some metrics.

(Hell, the mayor hasn’t even dropped an IED from a helicopter yet.)
en.wikipedia.org

407 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:07:36pm

re: #389 goddamnedfrank

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Seriously recommend everyone with a Twitter account report his Tweet twice, both for inciting violence and for targeted harassment. He was suspended for doing exactly this same thing before, using Twitter to promote his own doxing on Got News.

Good grief. He’s actually trying to cause harm to the mayor of Baltimore now.

408 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:08:23pm

re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth

I decided to play around with an old Virgin HTC phone’s camera. The phone account is inactive, but I can still get on the internet using my wireless router as a mobile hotspot.
I need to figure out everything the phone can do, but here’s a shot I just took of some early blooming iris by the pumphouse in the back yard.

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Beautiful! Since they’re perennials, they’ll probably do OK tonight.

409 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:08:42pm

re: #407 Charles Johnson

Good grief. He’s actually trying to cause harm to the mayor of Baltimore now.

They really need to ban him forever.

410 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 5:08:55pm

re: #382 b.d.

How can any major US police force be so tone deaf and counterproductive in light of what has been going on the past year or so?

Because exactly that. They are tone deaf, and their purpose has changed.

Antagonism, not protection.

I still wonder why they never protect the businesses. They are just lined up in empty lots behind their shields. Why not do that in front of the business strip?

411 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 5:09:08pm
412 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:09:16pm
413 teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2015 5:09:38pm

re: #400 thedopefishlives

This goes back to one of my favorite (and possibly original) sayings: Violence is always an answer. It may not be THE answer, but it is always AN answer.

414 Kryptik  Apr 27, 2015 5:09:44pm

re: #402 Kragar

The only time those kinds of folk aren’t anti-government is when the government is doing the one thing the Founding Fathers and God HImself created the government for: killing those uppity thugs and putting them in their place.

I wish I was joking but it seems like that’s what people honestly believe.

415 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:10:13pm

re: #411 Kragar

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He’s still got an account because Twitter sucks at dealing with abuse, harassment, stalking, and threats of violence.

416 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:10:45pm

re: #415 thedopefishlives

He’s still got an account because Twitter sucks at dealing with abuse, harassment, stalking, and threats of violence.

It’s a perfect place for a little asshole like him to stay.

417 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:13:15pm

re: #408 Justanotherhuman

Beautiful! Since the’re perennials, they’ll probably do OK tonight.

I brought those rhizomes with me from Illinois when I moved here 20 years ago. Before that, I got them from my step-grandmother’s house in Illinois about 15 years earlier. They have always done very well!

418 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:13:56pm

re: #410 #FergusonFireside

Because exactly that. They are tone deaf, and their purpose has changed.

Antagonism, not protection.

I still wonder why they never protect the businesses. They are just lined up in empty lots behind their shields. Why not do that in front of the business strip?

They were too busy tear gassing high school kids.

419 #FergusonFireside  Apr 27, 2015 5:15:08pm
420 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:16:25pm

UpChuck-for-brains is the victim now!
You twitter people are soooo mean to him!

421 Kryptik  Apr 27, 2015 5:16:29pm

re: #406 Decatur Deb

At this point, I’m not sure how much I can trust metrics. People seem a lot more willing to let loose from the safety of their twitters and facebook accounts compared to polling, as absurd as it might seem compared to the inverse. And it’s clear a gigantic swath of America is wholly and uncurably racist to the core, and a similarly huge swath is easily swung by the ‘thug’ narrative in a way that no narrative from the more reasonable sector of America can penetrate.

I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that the country is fully fucking racist.

422 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:18:06pm

re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, and notice that he claims on his twitter timestamp that he’s in Baltimore.

Fecking loser…

423 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:19:56pm

re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth

UpChuck-for-brains is the victim now!
You twitter people are soooo mean to him!

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Yeah she called for people’s property to be destroyed, Chuck. Listen to yourself asshole and even if that were true, did your bigoted grandmother ever teach you between listening to your fellow bigoted asshole Rush that two wrongs don’t make a right?

424 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:20:24pm

re: #422 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh, and notice that he claims on his twitter timestamp that he’s in Baltimore.

Fecking loser…

lol. What a pathetic loser.

425 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:20:45pm

I’m even seeing conservatives repelled by this latest stunt by Chuck. He really doesn’t get how self-destructive he’s being. And that’s great, because I’ve never seen anyone who more deserves to self-destruct.

426 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 5:20:48pm

He couldn’t have made it any clearer that he’s never, ever going to stop doing this. Twitter needs to permanently ban both his accounts.

427 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:22:03pm

re: #425 Charles Johnson

I’m even seeing conservatives repelled by this latest stunt by Chuck. He really doesn’t get how self-destructive he’s being. And that’s great, because I’ve never seen anyone who more deserves to self-destruct.

If you’re too repulsive for TCOT…………….

428 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 5:22:04pm

re: #421 Kryptik

At this point, I’m not sure how much I can trust metrics. People seem a lot more willing to let loose from the safety of their twitters and facebook accounts compared to polling, as absurd as it might seem compared to the inverse. And it’s clear a gigantic swath of America is wholly and uncurably racist to the core, and a similarly huge swath is easily swung by the ‘thug’ narrative in a way that no narrative from the more reasonable sector of America can penetrate.

I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that the country is fully fucking racist.

I’m thinking serious academic metrics, not something the popular press or local government would fly. It’s bad, but it’s slowly getting better. Obama just pulled the bandage off a still-infected wound.

429 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:22:39pm
430 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:23:23pm

Chuckles is no more a journalist than he is an astronaut or a world class figure skater. He is however a pathetic dipshit that is too pathetic even for your average twitter wingnut.

431 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 5:24:51pm
432 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2015 5:25:27pm

Being flooded with “If they just obey the law, they won’t have to worry about the cops!” garbage on my FB. Sigh.

433 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:26:16pm

re: #417 Backwoods_Sleuth

I brought those rhizomes with me from Illinois when I moved here 20 years ago. Before that, I got them from my step-grandmother’s house in Illinois about 15 years earlier. They have always done very well!

I had a lot at my son’s house; also lots of lilies, which I also love. They take almost no care except dividing.

434 BeachDem  Apr 27, 2015 5:26:26pm

re: #426 goddamnedfrank

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He couldn’t have made it any clearer that he’s never, ever going to stop doing this. Twitter needs to permanently ban both his accounts.

His calling what he does journalism is a crime against letters of the alphabet. (and I don’t know anyone on the planet who calls it “my journalism” but this little rodent.)

435 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:28:53pm

I am curious to what the mayor said that gave this mental midget the idea that she called for the destruction of property. Not that I believe him by any means but I just want to again see how stupid chuck really is.

436 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 5:29:43pm

In other news I finally made it past Level 1 in Crypt of the Necrodancer.

437 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:30:00pm

re: #434 BeachDem

His calling what he does journalism is a crime against letters of the alphabet. (and I don’t know anyone on the planet who calls it “my journalism” but this little rodent.)

We’re talking about a man who describes his wife as “my hot Asian wife.” I honestly doubt he even has a wife but this is the kind of person we’re dealing with. He’s deeply disturbed. Perhaps due to being exposed to Limbaugh at an age where he should have been watching Sesame Street.

438 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 5:30:40pm
439 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:31:09pm

re: #432 GlutenFreeJesus

Being flooded with “If they just obey the law, they won’t have to worry about the cops!” garbage on my FB. Sigh.

And yet I bet these same people cry bloody murder about things like the health care mandate or reasonable gun laws too right? It’s funny how conservatives love bitching about “big government” but end up being big government’s biggest champion whenever you know government abuse is actually being a real problem.

440 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 5:31:16pm
441 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:31:50pm

OK, I took the ginger motherfucker off mute.

442 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:32:11pm

Just when I thought I was out, they PULL ME BACK IN.

443 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:32:20pm
444 CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2015 5:33:08pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

Chuckles doesn’t even attempt to hide the fact that he’s a bigoted piece of shit.

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

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just pathetic

He’s a disgusting, shameless attention whore.

445 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 5:33:11pm
446 EPR-radar  Apr 27, 2015 5:33:25pm

re: #428 Decatur Deb

I’m thinking serious academic metrics, not something the popular press or local government would fly. It’s bad, but it’s slowly getting better. Obama just pulled the bandage off a still-infected wound.

I suppose it is progress when an apparently unlawful killing of a black man by the police is buried by evidence spoiling and/or official riot incitement. After all, in earlier decades, the whole town would turn out for a lynching, picnic baskets and all, and nobody gave any thought at all as to whether this was legal or not.

However, too much remains to be done, and it is most unhelpful that about half the country wants to undo what progress has been made.

447 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:33:44pm

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says league considering ‘every alternative’ for Orioles-White Sox series after curfew announced in Baltimore - @USATODAYmlb
read more on usatoday.com

448 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:33:53pm

re: #444 CuriousLurker

He’s a disgusting, shameless attention whore.

People like him are why I don’t tweet.

449 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:34:14pm

re: #435 HappyWarrior

I am curious to what the mayor said that gave this mental midget the idea that she called for the destruction of property. Not that I believe him by any means but I just want to again see how stupid chuck really is.

It’s something he got from WND and The Blaze.

450 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:34:28pm

UpChuck, maybe you should learn what censorship really is. Twitter is allowed to shut you down any time, for any reason, without explanation, because they are a private company. Learn your terminology, stop hyperbolizing, and maybe someone will take you seriously. MAYBE.

451 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:34:34pm

re: #447 Justanotherhuman

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says league considering ‘every alternative’ for Orioles-White Sox series after curfew announced in Baltimore - @USATODAYmlb
read more on usatoday.com

I think what they could do is move it to Washington. The Nationals fortunately are on the road this week.

452 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:34:58pm

re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s something he got from WND and The Blaze.

How didn’t I know? OF course.

453 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:35:29pm

re: #450 thedopefishlives

UpChuck, maybe you should learn what censorship really is. Twitter is allowed to shut you down any time, for any reason, without explanation, because they are a private company. Learn your terminology, stop hyperbolizing, and maybe someone will take you seriously. MAYBE.

The only time anyone took him seriously is when he shat on the floor and his roommates were upset about the stank.

454 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:36:00pm

re: #448 HappyWarrior

People like him are why I don’t tweet.

But there are kittens and puppies and seriously funny people that totally make up for the sleezeballs.

455 b.d.  Apr 27, 2015 5:36:03pm

re: #447 Justanotherhuman

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says league considering ‘every alternative’ for Orioles-White Sox series after curfew announced in Baltimore - @USATODAYmlb
read more on usatoday.com

They could move the team to Indianapolis in the dead of night.

456 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 5:36:54pm

When the mayor and the one councilman from Baltimore said they were very upset about thugs taking the law into their own hands I was hoping they were finally talking about the police.

No one is going to advance out of this mess until America wakes up and takes some of the police activities and makes them as much if not more of the problem than rioters.

Americans like to fix problems by getting to the root of the problem. How much more does everyone need to see what the root of the problem is? Cause and effect.

If young people of color are so damn prone to rioting as the media, police and politicians want to paint it, why has there been very little of this kind of civic unrest until we started this round of policing problems? Actually, since Trayvon martin this has ramped up to where it really is getting unbearable. I talked the other day with Decatur Deb about the rising pressure.

A little more just popped out today. Sadly. And there will be more until the cause is addressed.>

457 danarchy  Apr 27, 2015 5:38:05pm

re: #435 HappyWarrior

I am curious to what the mayor said that gave this mental midget the idea that she called for the destruction of property. Not that I believe him by any means but I just want to again see how stupid chuck really is.

I believe he is probably referring to this. Which seems more like she was answering a question and said something in-artfully. I think what she was trying to say was that they were trying to give the protesters the space to protest and in so doing inadvertently allowed space for those who wanted to destroy.

cbslocal.com

458 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 5:38:51pm

re: #455 b.d.

They could move the team to Indianapolis in the dead of night.

Just the straight players.

459 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:39:11pm

re: #458 Decatur Deb

Just the straight white players.

FTFY

460 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:39:30pm

My brother just posted this. Goes with what some of us have already been saying.

461 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:39:49pm
462 Belafon  Apr 27, 2015 5:40:49pm

re: #461 Justanotherhuman

Who’s there to speak for the white cops?!

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463 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2015 5:41:26pm

re: #439 HappyWarrior

Big Government is bad, unless they are in charge. Pro-life until you’re born, then screw you. You’re on your own, you goddamn freeloader.

464 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:41:43pm

re: #462 Belafon

Who’s there to speak for the white cops?!

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Don’t worry, the Ginger Avenger is on the case.

465 goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2015 5:42:07pm
“I made it very clear that I work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech,” Rawlings-Blake said. “It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. And we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate.”

She’s clearly saying that creating the “space to destroy” was an unintentional side effect of trying to facilitate free speech. Chuck and his followers are fucking idiots who can’t parse plain English very well.

466 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:42:09pm

re: #463 GlutenFreeJesus

Big Government is bad, unless they are in charge. Pro-life until you’re born, then screw you. You’re on your own, you goddamn freeloader.

Yeah pretty much.

467 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:43:09pm

re: #465 goddamnedfrank

She’s clearly saying that creating the “space to destroy” was an unintentional side effect of trying to facilitate free speech. Chuck and his followers are fucking idiots who can’t parse plain English very well.

It’s more like reading what they want to read. They really want to believe that the African-American mayor of Baltimore would actually call for the destruction of property.

468 thedopefishlives  Apr 27, 2015 5:43:46pm

re: #467 HappyWarrior

It’s more like reading what they want to read. They really want to believe that the African-American mayor of Baltimore would actually call for the destruction of property.

Well, yeah, because that would absolutely justify their thinking that all black people are thugs and animals who need to be put down.

469 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:44:03pm

re: #465 goddamnedfrank

Yes, that’s what she meant. But she sure didn’t choose her words very well. These days, politicians need to be very aware of how the right wing will take their statements out of context and twist them to incite the knuckle-draggers in the conservative base.

470 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:44:15pm
471 Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2015 5:44:19pm

re: #461 Justanotherhuman

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“Lt Van Buren, I want you to send Lennie and Tutuola down to Baltimore to square Ghiardelli away.”

472 TedStriker  Apr 27, 2015 5:44:25pm

re: #455 b.d.

They could move the team to Indianapolis in the dead of night.

That’s cold-blooded…

473 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:44:55pm

re: #468 thedopefishlives

Well, yeah, because that would absolutely justify their thinking that all black people are thugs and animals who need to be put down.

I hear about thugs this and thugs that. Maybe I am crazy but I think it’s far more thuggish to break a guy’s neck and then deny him his inhaler that he needs. In these cases, the police have shown far more thuggish attributes than the protesters.

474 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:45:09pm

Holy shit.

475 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:46:32pm

re: #471 Decatur Deb

“Lt Van Buren, I want you to send Lennie and Tutuola down to Baltimore to square Ghiardelli away.”

Lennie and Tutola never worked together though. Perhaps Green. Seriously though, that was one of my favorite Law and Order pairings. Jesse Martin as Ed Green and Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe. You had two totally different kind of guys who end up working really well together.

476 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:47:35pm

Baltimore PD is using the word “criminals” in just about every tweet.

477 danarchy  Apr 27, 2015 5:48:30pm

re: #475 HappyWarrior

Lennie and Tutola never worked together though. Perhaps Green. Seriously though, that was one of my favorite Law and Order pairings. Jesse Martin as Ed Green and Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe. You had two totally different kind of guys who end up working really well together.

If you are going to send anyone to Baltimore shouldn’t it be Munch? Isn’t that where he originally came from?

478 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 5:48:57pm

re: #465 goddamnedfrank

She’s clearly saying that creating the “space to destroy” was an unintentional side effect of trying to facilitate free speech. Chuck and his followers are fucking idiots who can’t parse plain English very well.

English clearly baffles the little twit.

Actually it baffles more and more Americans daily.

Poetry is dead! Can’t have poetry and creative writing of any kind when people do not know the language.

479 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:49:33pm

re: #477 danarchy

If you are going to send anyone to Baltimore shouldn’t it be Munch? Isn’t that where he originally came from?

Ahhhh yeah, Munch and Pemberton.

480 Belafon  Apr 27, 2015 5:49:44pm

re: #478 ObserverArt

English clearly baffles the little twit.

Actually it baffles more and more Americans daily.

Poetry is dead! Can’t have poetry and creative writing of any kind when people do not know the language.

Wait until bad is replaced with ungood.

481 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:50:15pm
482 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 5:50:50pm

re: #472 TedStriker

That’s cold-blooded…

Waiving.

Browns fan over here.

483 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:52:07pm
484 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:52:39pm

Now they’ve cancelled school.

Baltimore City Public Schools to be closed Tuesday amid unrest - @cmcampbell6
end of alert

485 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:52:58pm

re: #481 Justanotherhuman

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Gee why don’t more blah people go to the police.///

486 Belafon  Apr 27, 2015 5:53:40pm

re: #484 Justanotherhuman

Now they’ve cancelled school.

Baltimore City Public Schools to be closed Tuesday amid unrest - @cmcampbell6
end of alert

You can’t arrest those 13 year olds if they’re stuck in a classroom.

487 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:53:41pm

re: #484 Justanotherhuman

Now they’ve cancelled school.

Baltimore City Public Schools to be closed Tuesday amid unrest - @cmcampbell6
end of alert

Well, if they keep mass transit shut down, the kids don’t have a way to get to school.

488 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2015 5:54:36pm

I brought up the 2013 Ravens Super Bowl riots, and got this reply:

Because a sporting event and a few drunk idiots doesn’t compare and selling newspapers or increase ratings like social disarray

My friend just proved my point.

489 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:54:37pm
490 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 5:55:11pm
491 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:55:51pm

re: #488 GlutenFreeJesus

I brought up the 2013 Ravens Super Bowl riots, and got this reply:

My friend just proved my point.

They’re drunk idiots if they’re white guys. Thugs if they’re black guys. But as I said earlier, what do all these who want to shoot all looters think the Boston fucking Tea Party was all about?

492 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:56:04pm

re: #487 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, if they keep mass transit shut down, the kids don’t have a way to get to school.

So if public trans is closed down, the parents can’t go to work either because not only will they have no way, they’ll have to stay with the kids.

493 HappyWarrior  Apr 27, 2015 5:56:59pm

re: #489 Justanotherhuman

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Frank Costello: When you decide to be something, you can be it. That’s what they don’t tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?

494 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:57:34pm
495 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:57:52pm
496 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:58:03pm
497 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 5:58:10pm
498 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 5:59:40pm

Oh fuck. This is going to be bad.

Up to 500 additional officers in Maryland requested for Baltimore, Maryland State Police says
end of alert

499 Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2015 6:00:45pm

re: #498 Justanotherhuman

Oh fuck. This is going to be bad.

Up to 500 additional officers in Maryland requested for Baltimore, Maryland State Police says
end of alert

They are probably going to need them now.

500 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 6:02:01pm

re: #499 Backwoods_Sleuth

They are probably going to need them now.

National Guard spox said they can have up to 5,000 in #Baltimore.

501 Justanotherhuman  Apr 27, 2015 6:03:24pm

I can’t take any more of this.

Later, Lizards.

Keep calm…

502 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 6:03:40pm

I don’t know if it is all the Vine videos or what, but the site is bulky as all get out right now for me. I’ve tried to reload several times and that doesn’t seem to help. Nothing else is even running on this computer.

Oh well, see you all later. Let’s hope Baltimore chills out and the people prone to rioting get their act together and realize they feed the very problem that frustrates them. Good evening America!

503 Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2015 6:04:19pm

re: #502 ObserverArt

It’s the Vine videos. They’re processor hogs. I’ll start a new thread.

504 ObserverArt  Apr 27, 2015 6:07:13pm

re: #503 Charles Johnson

It’s the Vine videos. They’re processor hogs. I’ll start a new thread.

Thanks. I’ll check back a bit later.

505 CuriousLurker  Apr 27, 2015 6:07:24pm

re: #483 Charles Johnson

Maybe a link shortener will get around it?

506 Kragar  Apr 27, 2015 6:08:06pm
507 Mattand  Apr 27, 2015 6:09:41pm

re: #1 ipsos

New FB sanity rule: you use the words “thug” or “animal” in describing what’s happening in Baltimore, I unfriend you.

I surprisingly haven’t had to do this yet, but I’ve got at least one cousin squared up in my Facebook flush zone.

Probably just a matter of time.

508 GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 27, 2015 6:15:01pm

*ALERT*

“Gangbangers!!!” whistle just went off on my FB feed.

509 Lord Of The Pies  Apr 27, 2015 6:19:35pm

re: #483 Charles Johnson


I get that when somebody has retweeted one of MY OWN TWEETS. I know I didn’t block myself. WTF!

510 Sionainn  Apr 27, 2015 6:50:21pm

re: #389 goddamnedfrank

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Seriously recommend everyone with a Twitter account report his Tweet twice, both for inciting violence and for targeted harassment. He was suspended for doing exactly this same thing before, using Twitter to promote his own doxing on Got News.

Reported twice.


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