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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“He’s the new looter guy....time for looter guy New Orleans to retire”
Lootie passed the torch, so to speak.
wanna know what the end result is???
see “Detroit”...
bump!
so right
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