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Baltimore crowds celebrate tough charges against police
Zeenews.india ^ | May 1, 2015

Posted on 05/01/2015 1:35:42 PM PDT by KeyLargo

Baltimore crowds celebrate tough charges against police Last

Baltimore: Residents of impoverished West Baltimore erupted in jubilation and relief Friday after authorities charged six officers in the death in custody of a young African American man.

Many had been parading through riot-scarred neighborhoods and chanting the victim`s name as security forces nervously looked on.

"Baltimore people, we did it!" shouted 18-year-old John Johnson. "Justice needs to be served!"

Cars streamed down West North Avenue in a cacophony of horns, as a man wearing a t-shirt that read "I Bleed Baltimore" thrust his fists into the air and cheered.

The community has been on edge since this week`s violent riots left several buildings in flames, stores looted, more than a dozen police officers injured and dozens of people arrested.

But residents into the streets to vent their relief at the beginning of a judicial process that could see accountability for the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

"This is long overdue," Dexter Dillard, 47, told AFP at the corner of West North and Pennsylvania avenues, where a large pharmacy was looted and burned Monday in the worst rioting in Baltimore since the late 1960s.

(Excerpt) Read more at zeenews.india.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; blackkk; blacklivesmatter; celebration; elijahcummings; maryland; police
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To: cripplecreek

Michael Moore: ‘Disarm Police,’ Release African-Americans Imprisoned For ‘Nonviolent Offenses’


21 posted on 05/01/2015 1:50:04 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: cripplecreek

It will be most interesting when trade groups deciding on conventions (they generally do this a year or two out) no longer consider Baltimore to be in the running. I would bet, dollars to donuts, that Baltimore will be stricken from many lists as the “potential problem to benefit ratio” starts to weigh down; no one wants to hold a four-day convocation in a city that is on the verge of melting. Already, four major conventions that were coming to Baltimore in the next two weeks have cancelled; cancellation can be avoided if you don’t make the commitment to go there in the first place.


22 posted on 05/01/2015 1:50:27 PM PDT by laconic
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To: KeyLargo

What exactly is the difference between a protest riot and celebration?


23 posted on 05/01/2015 1:51:41 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: notdownwidems

And then if the Orioles win the World Series, more riots.


24 posted on 05/01/2015 1:51:47 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: KeyLargo

Now, unless the court has been rigged to find all these police men guilty, what will these animals do if they are found “NOT GUILTY”? After all, they have to prove that these officers planned to kill this PERP. Are they going after the arresting officers, the driver of the police van, or what. Shoukld the court of LAW find them NOT GUILTY, will these animals riot again?


25 posted on 05/01/2015 1:52:42 PM PDT by gingerbread
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To: KeyLargo

The cops were told to stand down during the riots by the mayor. After these charges, you can bet a good many cops won’t be engaging criminals.


26 posted on 05/01/2015 1:53:01 PM PDT by umgud (Criminals, not guns, drive the crime rates.)
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To: familyop

Interesting


27 posted on 05/01/2015 1:54:18 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They’re going to make those cops fall guys ...


28 posted on 05/01/2015 1:55:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: ScottinVA

Its a national action network show trial and will collapse because of it. After all, how many times to this Mosby idiot say “No Justice, no peace” while she was announcing the charges?


29 posted on 05/01/2015 1:55:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: KeyLargo

Mayor Hussein-Head should be overjoyed.


30 posted on 05/01/2015 1:56:08 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: KeyLargo

The “our time is now” statement should disqualify her. She has identified herself as a member of the mob.


31 posted on 05/01/2015 1:56:34 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: cripplecreek

The cops are being Nifonged.


32 posted on 05/01/2015 2:00:55 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: DaveyB
"What exactly is the difference between a protest riot and celebration?"

Party hats and happy faces...

33 posted on 05/01/2015 2:02:16 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Great! Now the looters and arsonists will all come together and rebuild the stores. Businesses will flock to Baltimore. No more unemployment. /sarc


34 posted on 05/01/2015 2:02:28 PM PDT by Voltage
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To: KeyLargo

The tougher the charge, the harder to convict. Just saying.


35 posted on 05/01/2015 2:04:09 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: cripplecreek

Wonder if that is part of the plan?


36 posted on 05/01/2015 2:04:35 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
"Who is Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore state prosecutor with the rallying cry

'Our Time Is Now'

"Mosby is known for her slogan "our time is now," a statement that she has used since her swearing in. During her speech, WBAL reported that she said in reference to the lack of trust between law enforcement and the community, "Our time to repair that trust, to come together collectively as a community, to start to break down the barriers to progress in our communities, is now."

"Her statement has since been paraphrased by her and others, and was recently adopted by protestors since Gray's death. She now promotes on her official Twitter page #OurTimeIsNow."

Via: http://www.wsoctv.com/news

37 posted on 05/01/2015 2:07:39 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: gingerbread

They will riot no matter what the outcome. The only thing which might diminish the rioting is a lack of places to loot and burn.


38 posted on 05/01/2015 2:08:12 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: KeyLargo

The saps are being played for fools. Useful idiots. They over charged the officers on purpose, so that they would be acquitted and found not guilty. What you saps gonna do then ?


39 posted on 05/01/2015 2:10:36 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: KeyLargo; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
"Baltimore people, we did it!" shouted 18-year-old John Johnson.

Actually, I think Mosby, Jarrett and Obama did it. /tinfoil.

It's pretty sad when you start wondering from how far up the orders came.

Maryland "Freak State" DANG!

40 posted on 05/01/2015 2:10:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (No Whizz, No Peace!)
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