No, I’m not talking about #Baltimore today, I’m talking the 2011 Vancouver Stanley cup Riots afeter a bunch of its citizens set the city on fire because THEIR HOCKEY TEAM LOST. I didn’t hear a single word about thoes kids being thugs or animals. But hey, whatever fits your narrative.”

Baltimore isn’t burning JUST because of the Freddie Gray arrest, which by all initial reports, the Baltimore Police Dept was unable to state WHY he was even arrested. The city is rioting as a result of a continuous and systematic abuse of police and law enforcers over the civil rights of the residents of that city. The amount of money the city has had to pay out as a result of police brutality since 2011 (as stated in the article) is evidence of that. We do not hear of all the peaceful protests, demonstrations and outcries for justice that this community has done in the past. People are now frustrated and tired. The Freddie Gray incident, like Mike Brown, like Eric Garner, like Walter Scott, has bought these communities past the tipping point.

“…since the days of slavery black mothers has sort to break the spirit of their sons because they knew that such displays of spirit on the part of black males would bring death at the hands of racists in a racist society.”

“…I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity.”

There’s a lot of understanding in King’s piece that we today seem to willfully ignore, sadly.

He is upset, she it upset and we are all upset at the loss of a life in police custody.

Alvin, Alvin, Alvin …Police are not shooting people at will, or there would be over a hundred thousand folks killed by police shootings a day. That is utter nonsense. I didn’t think the victim here was shot ….is that new information or did you just add it to promote your hate?

The spirit of violent protest?

That is a very different spirit to the one Dr King showed when he brought about the greatest change in race relations in 200 years –

We need another Dr King – violence and looting is just that – violence and looting, doesn’t matter what race you are.