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To: QT3.14
You know they are all talking about how angry these people are.....well I'm plenty angry that appeasing this situation will just bring another repeat.

Remember Juliana cleared up his city by saying.. one rock thrown, one bottle thrown... and your going down. And he did that. The police acted immediately. In a Small city overtaken by drug dealers etc. it was the same way....they got the word out ..and one after another those people left town because they were constantly having to go to court and pay fines. They arrested them for every little thing...from littering to parking over a line...they just hammered these thugs til they left.

367 posted on 04/28/2015 9:08:33 PM PDT by caww
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“When you have felony-grade criminal behavior, you have to stop it,” said David A. Klinger, a criminology professor at the University of Missouri and a former police officer.

Klinger said police were too tame because of fears of how the use of force would be perceived.

“You have a huge disincentive for tactical commanders to do the right thing,” he said. He expressed dismay at videos showing police getting pelted with rocks and retreating.

“Violence in this type of environment is very emotionally oriented. When people feel emboldened, they will continue,” Klinger said. “When you cede ground to rioters, it is going to spread. Clearly in my mind, that is at least part of what happened.”

Former Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris agreed.

“You tolerate the verbal abuse, you take some things being thrown from a distance. But once things get dangerous, it’s over. And it’s certainly over when looting starts,” he said. “I don’t believe in giving rioters space. It’s failed everywhere, and it takes away from the actual peaceful protest and becomes an opportunity for criminality. It’s like a fire and you’re giving it oxygen.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-state-city-response-20150428-story.html#page=1


373 posted on 04/28/2015 9:12:04 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl
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