Tuesday, April 28, 2015

EDREWtorial: Baltimore Riots--I Can't Stand This


If you've been watching the news this past week, then you've heard this: another fucking riot has erupted after another black man was gunned down by another white police officer. This is not new; it's happened before for the past few years. It's happened even before the Trayvon Martin Scandal. So why is this "Mad Libs" story still happening? Because some black men can't stop being complete idiots and some white police officers cannot keep their fingers off the trigger for any reason.

In Baltimore, after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died after he was injured in police custody, many citizens begin riots all across Charm City. One of the notable parts of destruction during the riots occurred when a senior center under construction was destroyed in a fire. And another occurred at a CVS when rioters looted the store and then set the place on fire. And to add fuel to the fire (literally), some other rioters cut off a fire hose while firefighters attempted to quench the blaze.

While the death of Gray was horrible and not deserved, the riots shouldn't be deserved either. Many people are looting stores and destroying property. All this besides clashing and injuring police officers. This is not respectful nor peaceful, and is a huge step back in the progression of racial equality and civil rights.

You want peace? You want justice? Don't be a fucking savage asshole and destroy parts of the city to get the verdict or conclusion you want! It's annoying to see this happening all over television for the past few years: A black man is shot by police, all black citizens in town are pissed, and riots will be made. What's the point?? It's not only making your city look bad, but also the African American race look horrible. If we wanted peace, justice and respect for our race, we should not act like savages and endanger the lives of others in the city. We don't need this crap thrown at them to offset the crap thrown at us for years. This is the damn shame to top all damn shames.

The police had to do their jobs to protect those who aren't taking part in the riots. If any of you got your lives in danger, that's your fault. If you get injured or dead, that's your fault. If you know that you've put your life in danger by facing off against police and SWAT teams for no reason, but will do it anyway, you have no brains. And if you believe that this man's demise or your contribution to the riots will change race relations or civil rights for the better, you're a fucking idiot and you're delusional. You put yourselves in this, and what you're doing won't change a goddamn thing.

He wasn't a part of any of your families, and you did not know him, so stop acting like he is a pivotal part of society or race. True civil rights leaders like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dalai Lama would not stand for this or condone this at all. In fact, I believe they would be ashamed of the people of the former two's race for such disgusting, repugnant, vile, idiotic and downright wrong behavior. They're probably rolling in their graves. And if they were still alive today to see this, they'd wish they weren't on Earth to live through this crap anymore.

I think I feel like I'm ashamed of my own race now.

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