White Riot

At one point in the evening, over 4,000 people were gathered in the community of 23,000. They were causing chaos as liquor bottles were thrown, stores were broken into and cars were tipped over. Bonfires were set throughout the town’s streets. Light posts and signs were torn out of the ground. Town residents reported that most in the crowd were loud, obnoxious and drunk. At least 20 people were taken to area hospitals for various injuries, mostly from thrown bottles.

Eventually, after copious amounts of property damage had been done by the out-of-control  rioters, police were called into the scene to disperse the crowd. People in the crowd apparently started throwing beer bottles at the police and shouted obscenities. Tear gas was shot into the crowd and pepper spray was used on individuals who allegedly confronted police in a physical manner. One 18-year-old told the local paper Saturday night that it was a “blast to do things you aren’t supposed to be doing.” He also suggested that they were revolting from the cops.

Is this another description of the despicable behavior in Baltimore? 

 How is media perception different when white people riot?

Is the media's bias showing? 

White or Black, there is no excuse for this type of violence right?

What would MLK say? 

Are we going backward or are we going forward?

Why you got to bring Mammas into it?

What is a 'Thug?'