I was listening to the councilman from that area and heard him say that it was wrong to burn, hurt and destroy but did not do anything to prevent it while he was in the streets with the rioters. Talking won't stop rioters and looters and even when the mayor said it should stop she ordered the police to pull back from where they were, which was protecting stores , to a location about 3 blocks away. That gave the rioters an open season on looting and more burning which they did.
If anyone with a sense of reason would allow the police to move away from stores they were already protecting that person doesn't have a very good sense of reason and shouldn't be listened to even if it were the mayor or councilman. To not give the police the orders they needed to control the riots they are just as guilty of inciting the riots as are those who participate. Now more building are on fire and because the police have been ordered to back away even more looting is going on.
How exactly does looting and burning stores who are black owned show anything other than disrespect for their own neighborhoods? Why does burning down family owned stores help the rioters cause of bringing justice to the person who was killed? What is wrong with those in charge in Boston to let this go on and not call in reinforcements to bolster the police and firemen? The National Guard should have been brought into help stop this before it got out of hand but it looks like the mayor doesn't think so as her city goes up in flames and looters take everything they want.
Bad day in Baltimore for everyone there.
If anyone with a sense of reason would allow the police to move away from stores they were already protecting that person doesn't have a very good sense of reason and shouldn't be listened to even if it were the mayor or councilman. To not give the police the orders they needed to control the riots they are just as guilty of inciting the riots as are those who participate. Now more building are on fire and because the police have been ordered to back away even more looting is going on.
How exactly does looting and burning stores who are black owned show anything other than disrespect for their own neighborhoods? Why does burning down family owned stores help the rioters cause of bringing justice to the person who was killed? What is wrong with those in charge in Boston to let this go on and not call in reinforcements to bolster the police and firemen? The National Guard should have been brought into help stop this before it got out of hand but it looks like the mayor doesn't think so as her city goes up in flames and looters take everything they want.
Bad day in Baltimore for everyone there.
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