Baltimore: First two days of August, 11 shootings of black lives (2 were fatal). Seven were a result of retaliation of violence. 45 Black lives were killed in the month of July "alone", the most killings of black lives in 45 years. Where are the leaders of the "Black Lives Matter Movement" when we need them? This is just one city.
Because it's in reference to how our paid civil servants treat us and how the media reports that abuse. Gang related violence has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with poverty and turf wars. The people in those situations happen to be people of color but if you look at any population in the world from Thailand to Brazil to Mexico to Russia its based purely on economics.
Interesting example with Baltimore. The Wire fans know who tells (shows?) it best - Homicide Detective (ironically) Burns and co-writer Simon. Way to show it not tell it. Right? Way to show the nuances of it all. We self-righteously say the problem is simple. But this series humbles me.
Police brutality is nothing new, it's just reported in the media more. But the genocide happening in the inner city and poor Black communities nationwide is out of control. I know BT2005 is deflecting the issue to be annoying like all good right wing conservatives, but if anyone could find a way to reduce the perpetual threat of lethal violence in the inner city, they'd deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. I was watching the documentary 'Number One With a Bullet' on the Fuse Channel about inner city gun violence and shit is like from an alternate reality, and it's been that way since the mid-80s.
PURELY economics? I don't think do. Lack of respect for another's life, is more like it. Lots of purely poor communities the world over never reach this level of deathly violence.
This is my boiler plate response to these kinds of posts. Simply swap out the city and or victims names for the correct ones and this should work to dispel any and all right wing illogical arguments concerning these matters.
Do those same poor communities have access to weapons and drugs flooding the place? Stop making it seem as if its some type of ethical choice because its not. These are crimes of survival.
I think diagnosed addicts she be prescribed the drugs of their choice, but I don't know if legalizing drugs like cocaine(extremely addictive), heroin or PCP for the general population are good ideas. Doctors absolutely should be able to give drugs to addicts though. Marijuana should be sold just like beer, definitely.
