NYT: Violence in Baltimore

[gollygee]

Great piece - just copied a small amount. Bolding is mine because I've seen so much of this over the past year or so.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/opinion/charles-blow-violence-in-baltimore.html

We can’t roundly condemn violent revolt now while ignoring the violent revolts that have littered this country’s history.

We can’t rush to label violent protesters as “thugs” while reserving judgment about the violence of police killings until a full investigation has been completed and all the facts are in.

We can’t condemn explosions of frustration born of generations of marginalization and oppression while paying only passing glances to similar explosions of frustration over the inanity of a sports team’s victory or loss or a gathering for a pumpkin festival.

[gollygee]

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