YES! People will only put up with inequality & discrimination for so long.
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NO! Riots are usually started by trouble-makers, not protesters.
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Sorry, but i feel people only put up with inequality and discrimination for so long.
But, riots are most ususally started by young people who dont know how to control themselves. They are angry and start riots because they have no other recourse.
Should they call the police ???
Riots are generally the purposes of a select group of young men 16 thru 25-30 whose testostrone is misdirected ( their life purpose is unclear to them due to their surroundings). Riots have nothing to do with race and everything to do with frustration and axiety. Certainly young black men in the U.S. find this dynamic in their lives more than members of other race's do but not more than older black women do(whom generally dont riot much). What we are watching/seeing is a combination youthful expression combined with a criminal element encouraged to take advatage of the unrest. While I often tend toward more liberal ideology I belive we are on slipery slopes to make this issue politial.
I had to answer "no" on this. This had been peaceful protest, aimed at bringing attention to police over use of deadly force. However, it's been gangbangers, out of town thugs that have turned this violent and disgraced the memorty Of Mr. Gray. The individuals in these neighorhoods lobbyed long and hard to bring a new CVS into the neighborhood, where it employed local residents. The mall which was looted had been on the verge of closing, but neighborhood activist were able to keep it open, thereby saving more local jobs. And what about the Senior Care Center? How many people were affected by this blantant stupidity? And there are other store and placed destroyed by this vandalism and burning; no different than the boned headed acts in Ferguson, except here we have a black mayor and black chief of police and a much higher percentage of other officials who happen to be black.
Who are the racebaiters going to blame this time? How will they answer when businesses and residents decide to move out and folks start yelling about "bight" and no jobs? Much of this area was just starting to recover from their riots of 1968! None of this was about Mr. Gray anymore the looting or burning had anything to do with Mr. Brown. This is about individuals taking charge of their children and taking control of their schools and of their neighborhoods. Violence is never the answer. Taking responsibilty and ownership of the issues before they become problems are.
Non-violence is ineffective without a threat of real violence.
Roland