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Reddit via Twitter:
Molotov Cocktail thrown at Pratt Library

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Baltimore Police
A group of criminals have just started a fire outside the library located at Pennsylvania Ave and North Ave

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Pratt Library

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How incredibly stupid. A beautiful old building, housing free resources for those who don’t have their own computers, need information, can’t afford to buy books, and all the other stuff libraries are known for.

I taught in a library school and used to use Enoch Pratt Library policies as a model for my students. Sigh. I know a lot of people on FR hate librarians, but they aren’t all libs and I did my fair share to convert a few. : ) Lib or not, they do care for their communities and I’m sure would be shocked to learn people wanted to burn a library.

I’m an older black female. I saw this crap after MLK when we had the national guard in DC. Neighborhoods that took the brunt of the rioting didn’t come back for DECADES - not until whites wanted to gentrify. These people are idiots and criminals. No one will want to do business there, so when they complain there are no businesses in the hood, they can look to themselves for the blame.