[WayneS]

I hope you read the whole article because it discusses multiple lawsuits and million dollar settlements from ‘rough rides’.

Yes, I did. There have been at least three settlements with victims of 'rough rides' by the Baltimore police.

But what does that have to do with whether or not rioting, looting thugs should be called "protesters"?

[RedStateRocker]

I doubt ANYONE on FR thinks they should be called “protesters”, at least not the rioters. But discussing them takes the focus off of the far more important point: The cops are out of control and a danger to citizens and something must happen and happen soon, even if there were 100 riots a night for a year or not a single one it makes no difference to the fact that police misbehavior is a symptom of something very bad for the Republic, rioters or no rioters, thugs or no thugs.

The point of the article is that this has happened before, not that rioters are scum.