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Baltimore crowds celebrate tough charges against police
Zeenews.india ^ | May 1, 2015

Posted on 05/01/2015 1:35:42 PM PDT by KeyLargo

Baltimore crowds celebrate tough charges against police Last

Baltimore: Residents of impoverished West Baltimore erupted in jubilation and relief Friday after authorities charged six officers in the death in custody of a young African American man.

Many had been parading through riot-scarred neighborhoods and chanting the victim`s name as security forces nervously looked on.

"Baltimore people, we did it!" shouted 18-year-old John Johnson. "Justice needs to be served!"

Cars streamed down West North Avenue in a cacophony of horns, as a man wearing a t-shirt that read "I Bleed Baltimore" thrust his fists into the air and cheered.

The community has been on edge since this week`s violent riots left several buildings in flames, stores looted, more than a dozen police officers injured and dozens of people arrested.

But residents into the streets to vent their relief at the beginning of a judicial process that could see accountability for the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

"This is long overdue," Dexter Dillard, 47, told AFP at the corner of West North and Pennsylvania avenues, where a large pharmacy was looted and burned Monday in the worst rioting in Baltimore since the late 1960s.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; blackkk; blacklivesmatter; celebration; elijahcummings; maryland; police
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"OUR TIME IS NOW!"

Marilyn Mosby

1 posted on 05/01/2015 1:35:42 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Course they do .


2 posted on 05/01/2015 1:37:55 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: KeyLargo

that was the WHOLE idea (right, ValJar?).


3 posted on 05/01/2015 1:37:57 PM PDT by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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To: KeyLargo

And no matter what happens i.e. exonerated or convicted, more riots ...


4 posted on 05/01/2015 1:38:39 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: KeyLargo

Gang members flashing gang signals, weapons in hand??? Really??? These optics are terrible. Certainly not the type of optics they want to convey to the world, are they???


5 posted on 05/01/2015 1:39:09 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SkyDancer

I would expect, unfortunately, that if they are acquitted, that it would set the stage for more riots.


6 posted on 05/01/2015 1:39:41 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: KeyLargo

This still won’t satisfy them. Evil is never satisfied.


7 posted on 05/01/2015 1:40:29 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: SkyDancer

They will party allll weekend and them some, how many bros will die from each other and overdose this weekend, yeah justice, wake up guys they are playing you.


8 posted on 05/01/2015 1:41:55 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: KeyLargo

I guess the Soros’ thugs are out of a job....for now.


9 posted on 05/01/2015 1:42:29 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: KeyLargo

Imagine how bad the rioting will be when the most serious charges are thrown out of the officers are acquitted of them.


10 posted on 05/01/2015 1:43:11 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They can do whatever the bleep they want.

Can destroy major cities, with no repercussion, mayor lets them do millions in damages, and she won’t be held accountable. Because she is black.


11 posted on 05/01/2015 1:43:46 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: KeyLargo
"Baltimore people, we did it!" shouted 18-year-old John Johnson.

Oh JJ, that fat lady ain't singing yet.

12 posted on 05/01/2015 1:44:00 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Dilbert San Diego; All
would expect, unfortunately, that if they are acquitted, that it would set the stage for more riots

Unless they are convicted, which would also set the stage for more riots.
13 posted on 05/01/2015 1:44:04 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: KeyLargo

New Apple watch on his arm???? lol


14 posted on 05/01/2015 1:44:20 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: KeyLargo

Time to start getting tough with ALL criminals. A city where someone can get busted 28 times and still walk free has some serious issues. This guy was destined for failure.


15 posted on 05/01/2015 1:44:44 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: fwdude
They're already marching in NY demanding that cops be disarmed.

Reagan's comments at the end are just as relevant today.

How Governor Reagan dealt with the Berkeley protesters in 1969
16 posted on 05/01/2015 1:45:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: KeyLargo

“Our time is now”

This is going to jeopardize the prosecution’s case, because that statement, along with others she made, reeks of political stink.


17 posted on 05/01/2015 1:48:24 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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To: cripplecreek

Many times after sports teams win championships the new media calls the subsequent riots - “HAPPY RIOTS”. as an excuse for the wanton destruction of property.

I foresee the media calling these upcoming riots “HAPPY RIOTS”.

Most likely the Mayor will order the police to STAND DOWN and allow the HAPPY RIOTERS to vent and destroy property wantonly in a designated place authorized by the mayor.


18 posted on 05/01/2015 1:48:25 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo
"Witness: Suspect screamed, 'Get off my neck!'"
https://youtu.be/xXMTPGf3fFM?t=1m51s


[Two witnesses.]


19 posted on 05/01/2015 1:48:36 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: cripplecreek

He was not shot, so why disarm, soooo stupid who tells them what to say? If Darren Wilson would have been unarmed, gentle giant would have beat him to death.


20 posted on 05/01/2015 1:49:21 PM PDT by easternsky
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