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A news story on the Baltimore riots: "Violent clashes flare in Baltimore after Freddie Gray funeral" [View all]
What I found telling was this part of the article:
Maj. Gen. Linda Singh, adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard, said up to 5,000 troops would be available for Baltimore's streets.
"We are going to be out in massive force, and that just means basically that we are going to be patrolling the streets and out to ensure that we are protecting property," Singh said at a news conference Monday night.
"We are going to be out in massive force, and that just means basically that we are going to be patrolling the streets and out to ensure that we are protecting property," Singh said at a news conference Monday night.
Notice that General Singh did not say that the troops would be protecting people, but property. It would seem to me that absolutely nothing has been learned from what is now going on.
The full story can be found at the link listed below.
[link:http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/27/freddie-gray-protests-violence-police.html|
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