1OfDem wrote:
No, that's NOT what got "f'd up".
What's f'd up is the systemic dehumanization of human beings in society. Some of that is within the government, but it is not government in and of it's self that creates it.
R**ting is a desperate, last ditch effort to be heard. And while it is of course ultimately the wrong way to go about things, it needs to be seen as a REACTION to injustices and violence being committed against a group that has very little other power BUT to react with pain and rage.
These people are being victimized over and over and over and over again, and they don't r**t. Freddie Gray is just the latest perceived injustice they've suffered. And sometimes, an event occurs and it's the straw on the camel's back.
But this is not about Freddie Gray, it's about the millions of black people who are afraid that if they're gonna be taken into custody, they will never return home again, LIKE Freddie Gray did not.
No, that's NOT what got "f'd up". br br... (
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This is what they were l**ting and r**ting for?
This upstanding citizen who did no wrong?
Freddie Gray's rap sheet:
March 20, 2015: Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance
March 13, 2015: Malicious destruction of property, second-degree assault
January 20, 2015: Fourth-degree burglary, trespassing
January 14, 2015: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute
December 31, 2014: Possession of narcotics with intent to distribute
December 14, 2014: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance
August 31, 2014: Illegal gambling, trespassing
January 25, 2014: Possession of marijuana
September 28, 2013: Distribution of narcotics, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, second-degree assault, second-degree escape
April 13, 2012: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, violation of probation
July 16, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute
March 28, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance
March 14, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to manufacture and distribute
February 11, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance
August 29, 2007: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, violation of probation
August 28, 2007: Possession of marijuana
August 23, 2007: False statement to a peace officer, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance
July 16, 2007: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance (2 counts)
The cops were clearly in the wrong for arresting such an angel.