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What Happens If You Defy Curfew: A Shocking 90-Second Clip From The Streets Of Baltimore

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What Happens If You Defy Curfew: A Shocking 90-Second Clip From The Streets Of Baltimore We have no choice but to stop them by Mike Krieger | Zero Hedge | May 5, 2015 On Saturday night, a man whose name still seems to be unknown, but who was wearing a “F##k the Police” t-shirt, came out in front of police past the official curfew. This is what happened next: As Mike noted previously, the situation in Baltimore is very serious and all Americans should be paying very close attention; but Baltimore is just a Microcosm of America. Baltimore, Maryland is in many ways the perfect microcosm for these United States of America. If you still don’t get that, you’ll be in for a rude awakening in the years ahead. A gradual erosion of the Constitution and the civil rights of the citizenry, the abuse of power by people in authority, perverse financial incentives that lead to horrible outcomes, zero accountability, and a ubiquitous surveillance state apparatus; Baltimore has it all. Yet all of...

The Death of Freddie Gray: Still More Questions Than Answers

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  The Washington Post reported more details on the identities of the six officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray, including their racial makeup, and the charges against them: The officers — three white, three African American — represent a broad spectrum of experience on Baltimore’s police force. Three of them joined the force only three years ago. Another officer, the driver who faces the most serious charges, is African-American and has been on the force since 1999. Here is a snapshot of their profiles and more details on the charges according tostate’s attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, from the article: Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr. , 45, African-American, on the force since 1999. He drove the van that transported Gray to jail. Goodson is the only one of the officers facing a murder charge. He is charged with second-degree depraved heart murder, a charge used when a suspect is accused of reckless disregard for another person’s life, in addition to involuntary manslaughter...

Veterans Call On National Guard To Withdraw From Baltimore

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Veterans Call On National Guard To Withdraw From Baltimore https://www.popularresistance.org/veterans-call-on-national-guard-to-withdraw-from-baltimore/ Resist! Baltimore , police brutality , Veterans , Wars and Militarism April 30th, 2015 Above: National Guard along Pratt Street, April 28, 2015. Photo by Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun. Note: Having the National Guard in Baltimore is producing tension. It is time for the mayor to end the curfew and state of emergency; send home the National Guard and out-of-town police and hold the police who killed Freddie Gray accountable. National Guard in Harbor East April 28, 2015. By Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun If the city wants peace they need to provide justice. Right now the city is looking like it is unable to handle this injustice. The six police involved in the killing, all are accomplices, should be in jail and held without bond pending a trial. Any other gang of six who killed someone would be in jail, the police should be treated no differ...