MD - Officers Injured, Baltimore Businesses Shut Down Amid Violent Riots - #1

[scorekeeper]

one of the rioters just stuck a knife in the fire hose.......

 

[mysteriew]

They are cutting the fire hoses!

 

[MsFacetious]

one of the rioters just stuck a knife in the fire hose.......

And it's so sad that my first thought is "at least it wasn't the firefighter holding the hose."

 

[sorrell skye]

One rioter just said to the CNN reporter: "We're trying to take back what's ours".

Comment by me: What's yours is what you've earned by the sweat of your labor - not what you take by violence.

 

[MamaJoJo]

They are cutting the fire hoses!

That takes some serious horribleness to do. Awful!

 

[popsicle]

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHpFrTCUSU

 

[popsicle]

Mayor having an 8pm PC

 

[oh_gal]

Anyone else find it ironic that in the other LE - protestor "altercations", too much force was used (supposedly)....and now Baltimore's mayor gives the protestor's a free pass, and the police are not even a presence (except to go speeding through town) - the equivalent of "too little force"...and things seem much, much worse with "no force".

 

[MsFacetious]

I can't imagine the frustration... but officers, throwing rocks at the rioters won't help. :facepalm:

https://twitter.com/search?q=baltimore officers throwing rocks&src=typd

 

[popsicle]

Russ Ptacek, WUSA9 ‏@RussPtacek 8m8 minutes ago
We've just learned officer was not inside destroyed police cruise when it was destroyed. @wusa9

 

[SCHMAE]

I said this during Ferguson and I'll repeat it . Not one rioter has a mother, brother, child or friend who needs their pharmacy meds tomorrow ? Or a baby that needs diapers or pedialyte or a thermometer? It's a drug store, FFS. People need the pharmacy for all kinds of things related to staying alive. So how would you feel if someone you know dies because they could not get their medication because the pharmacy is now GONE?

 

[mysteriew]

National Guard activated

 

[SStarr33]

National Guard is coming. They are going to HATE that

 

[Nana]

I can't imagine the frustration... but officers, throwing rocks at the rioters won't help. :facepalm:

https://twitter.com/search?q=baltimore officers throwing rocks&src=typd

Is there somewhere to see this as it happens

 

[SCHMAE]

Is there somewhere to see this as it happens

I am listening to this >>> http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/3918

And watching this ( it has no sound ) >>>http://video.foxnews.com/v/25531934...to-riots-looting-in-baltimore/?#sp=show-clips

ETA But honestly CNN had better quality feed but my daughter hijacked the tv .

 

[WideOpen]

Watching here
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/demonstrators-converge-in-baltimore/32595700

 

[KEVINinTO]

CNN Maryland Gov has activated the National Guard and declared a state of emergency

 

[Nana]

I am listening to this >>> http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/3918

And watching this ( it has no sound ) >>>http://video.foxnews.com/v/25531934...to-riots-looting-in-baltimore/?#sp=show-clips

ETA But honestly CNN had better quality feed but my daughter hijacked the tv .

Did it show LE chunking those rocks?

 

[epiphany]

Is there somewhere to see this as it happens

This was earlier...

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith likened the escalating tensions between protesters and police officers to the Middle Eastern conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. “Children are throwing brick bats at [police], and the police are apparently, from all we’ve seen, retaliating with the rocks thrown at them,” Smith said in shock. “It’s an extraordinary, almost — it felt for a moment there like, you know, the Palestinians and the Israeli army.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzmNHZiDAgA

http://video.foxnews.com/v/41999445...e-with-rocks-police-retaliate/?#sp=show-clips

 

[sorrell skye]

My point is that these are not protesters. The protests ended days ago, the funeral was earlier today. THIS started happening after school let out and is possibly related to a credible threat rec'd by police back in Dec/Jan.

Even implying these are protesters is wrong, IMO. Especially those who protested in the name of Freddie Gray. They were peaceful. JMO

My point is these looters are criminals - they have no valid message nor do they have righteous ground upon which to stand as they destroy local businesses.

I don't care if they're gang members or if they're just losers looking for a reason to cause mayhem - they're all violent criminals.