Posted on 04/28/2015 5:35:30 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
A 12-year-old boy swept up glass in front of his family’s cornerstore early Tuesday morning. Among the detritus that littered the sidewalk were a few Butterfingers, pieces of gum, and a single roll of pennies. That seems to be the value of what’s left in this store run by a family of Chinese immigrants after the looting.
“They just stole everything,” the boy said.
The family had been in New York, celebrating the wedding of a family member. They returned to a Baltimore that in places is unrecognizable thanks to the chaos following Freddie Gray’s funeral. They weren’t the only ones.
The city partly resembled the warzone Charlie Brauning was returning home from. The soldier was one of two in Army fatigues on a flight from Chicago to Charm City, heading back to Baltimore from a five-month deployment to Afghanistan. Before shutting off the lights and taking to the air, the pilot paused for a brief moment of gratitude.
“At this time I’d like to thank all veterans for their service to our country,” he said before the cabin applauded.
“It’s a shame because it starts out peaceful and then….” Brauning said, trailing off.
“It’s pretty hostile still,” he said, unclear if he was speaking about Baltimore or Kandahar. “Before winter they’d attack the base three or four times a day, mostly small arms fire. But it’s always been like that.”
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“Looks like last night’s “Purge” went just as planned.”
“Those who wished to destroy were given space to do so.”
Racial rhetoric that turned into flames were stoked by the White House. Obama will go down as the Great Divider and the Great Destroyer.
Bawlmer would burn to the ground if this ‘mayor’ had her way.
The looters had plenty of room to work, thanks to Her Honor the Mayor.
At least space was provided for those who wished to destroy. Congratulations Mayor Rawlings-Blake, you got your wish. Now you’ll have even more space in the future as those businesses that are left will move out or just shut down.
Redistribution of wealth takes many forms and the end always justifies the means.....
I live near York, PA, but am a native Marylander. I used to live close to Baltimore, and still get the Baltimore channels up here.
I was sickened at a lot of the coverage. News people trying to make excuses for these people just about makes me sick. They always prefaced it by saying “there’s no place for violence and looting”, but then in the next breath want to pin things back on the police and the “lack of jobs” in the “community”.
They interviewed a young guy when the big fire was burning near Johns Hopkins. He said something to the effect of “They took away our rec centers, took away the schools close to us, so what do we have to do?”. I wanted to scream at the TV that it still doesn’t give anyone the right to be a criminal.
I’m so sick of the excuses. There are plenty of African-Americans who have made something of themselves by getting out of the “hood”. Of course, many of those are painted as “Uncle Toms”, so I guess they can piss and moan about things and remain stagnant in the slums that they created and not try to better themselves.
The street savages have been given permission by the administration to attack Whitey and Chinese people.
Meanwhile, Whitey and the Chinese are working and having their earnings seized to pay the street savages.
FIX THE 'HOOD! Clean up, Fix up, Paint up. Scrub those famous white marble steps, just as my mother did 65 years ago.
Apply for a small business loan to buy out a Chinese family owned corner grocery store. I hear they are selling at 'Fire Sale" prices right now. Do something constructive, for once! Prove that you are a mental adult, that you are just as good (in your actions) as that Chinese family, or your 'white oppressors'.
Two and three year old kids whine and throw temper tantrums. Sane, capable adults set about fixing problems.
Grow up!
If you don't like hearing this from a honkie, ask Thomas Sowell. He does a far better job of explaining this than I ever could!
The mayor has to go. Her lack of leadership and reckless, unbelievable comments show her totally unfit to govern.
Why do blacks protest and riot over thugs? They never seem to do this when an innocent and good person is killed in a drive-by
That sound you hear is property values tumbling even lower in the riot torn neighborhoods.
“I’m going back to Kandahar. It’s safer.”
The truth is they don’t care one iota about this man who died in police custody. They use this as a means to vent their hatred of whites - and get free stuff. They don’t even realize they are being used as tools by the leftists in this country. However, once this situation simmers down, (hopefully, it will) many stores and businesses will not reopen, and they’ll have less places from which to steal. I guess that’s one way of slowing the gravy train.
You mean that career criminal who ran from the police.
To be honest, I am not up to speed on this case yet. I am waiting for the release of factual information.
He’s the new looter guy....time for looter guy New Orleans to retire
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