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Baltimore Uprising

Brian K. Noe · April 28, 2015 ·

Here are a few links that seem relevant to the current drama playing out in the streets of Baltimore.

The city has paid about $5.7 million since 2011 over lawsuits claiming that police officers brazenly beat up alleged suspects. One hidden cost: The perception that officers are violent can poison the relationship between residents and police.

Source: Undue force – Sun Investigates – The Baltimore Sun

When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con.

Source: As Riots Follow Freddie Gray’s Death in Baltimore, Calls for Calm Ring Hollow – The Atlantic

We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the U.S., and while we are thankful no one was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don’t have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights, and this makes inconvenience at a ballgame irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans.

Source: Orioles COO John Angelos offers eye-opening perspective on Baltimore protests | For The Win

Most of the media sensationalized the small amount of property damage that took place during demonstrations last weekend–while downplaying all evidence of the systemic racism and police violence that stirred this reaction.

Source: We have a right to be in the streets for Freddie | SocialistWorker.org

Twenty journalists and 40 police, academics, youth and experts came together in Chicago at Columbia College Chicago to discuss how to better cover stories of race, police and community.

Source: #RaceandPolice — Day 1, April 24 the morning discussions: police, race, bias and Ferguson coverage (with images, tweets) · Susys · Storify

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Baltimore, Black Lives Matter, Injustice, Police, Riots

Understanding Ferguson

Brian K. Noe · November 26, 2014 ·

Here are some more links of interest concerning Ferguson.

  • Marcia Chalelain presents a crowdsourced syllabus about race, African American history, civil rights, and policing. How to Teach Kids About What’s Happening in Ferguson – The Atlantic.
  • “This is only the beginning, we’ll be back tomorrow.” Juan Thompson reports on what happened Monday night. “Burn This Shit Down”: Mayhem and Protests Engulf Ferguson – The Intercept.
  • Two experienced attorneys explain what, in their view, are serious flaws with the grand jury process in the Darren Wilson case.  Legal Experts Explain Why The Ferguson Grand Jury Was Set Up For Failure | ThinkProgress.
  • From Socialist Worker: The president who has ordered bombs dropped on seven countries and whose administration has directly assisted in the militarization of police departments like Ferguson’s across the country says there is never an excuse for violence. The American way of violence and injustice | SocialistWorker.org.
  • From WSWS: The entire process through which the grand jury arrived at its decision is a legal fraud. The outcome is not the result of fair judicial proceedings, but political calculations. No indictment for Ferguson cop who killed Michael Brown – World Socialist Web Site.
  • My friend Rob Usdin writes on the psychology of riots and those of us who look on. Blue Jersey:: Ferguson – The Psychology of Riots and Poverty.
  • The Morning News presents links to a bunch of Ferguson-centric articles.
  • One of my favorite Christian writers, Ben Irwin, says he’s done praying for peace in Ferguson, so long as “peace,” on the lips of those of us still clinging to our unearned privilege, means peace for us and our kind.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Ferguson, Law, Privilege, Protest, Psychology, Racism, Riots

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