On the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral, the citizens of Baltimore, especially the community where Freddie lives are not going quietly into that good ole boys in blue night.
Shutting down transit, preventing our children from leaving school, throwing bricks, using the shills on CNN, MBC & FOX to aid and abet in their quest to stomp out protest and rule the angry mob of black angry folks who want their freedom to LIVE IN THEIR BLACK BODIES WITHOUT APOLOGY!
Friends, neighbors, activists and government officials from the local level to the White House filled New Shiloh Baptist Church for the funeral. Credit Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
I want ya’ll to look at the body of Freddie Gray lying in that casket and tell 3Chics that your heart doesn’t sink and your stomach doesn’t turn, thinking of the pain and suffering he went through, his family is going through and the thought that the next body lying in a casket could be one of your family members.
We are in a NATIONAL CRISIS HERE, and it’s high time the DOJ stepped in and HELP CLEAN UP THIS SYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY. Isn’t that why it’s called department of JUSTICE?
Here you go folks, the POTUS has weighed in. We can all go back to our regular scheduled programing1
They wanna blame anything but the cops, jobs, education talk about rioting over accountability. Did everyone get new talking points this morning??? No one wants to talk about the cops at all!! It’s like they automatically change the subject! No!!!!
It’s truly fucked up, sunshine.
Stockholm syndrome in full blown mode.
HOW ABOUT HOLDING THE OPPRESSORS, MURDERERS AND RACISTS ACCOUNTABLE?
Just STFU Re: “Violence & looting isn’t the answer”
Severing Freddie’s spine & shooting unarmed black boys & men DEFINTIELY & FOR SUE IS NOT THE ANSWER
Maryland Governor & Baltimore press to you, Mayor Sharon Rawlings-Blake!
PLEASE REVIEW THE 2 VIDEOS POSTED Re: Gov & Mayor , if you haven’t already seen them. Let us know your thoughts. Thanks!
So the protesters are not innocent citizens, Governor Hogan?
BEFORE
GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN PRESSER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rp1Ccx3yU8
AFTER
GOVERNOR WITH SRB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rG34NaLIas
What’s the difference in his TONE?
At the 9:52 mark, on the first video Gov. Larry Hogan not only throws SRB under the fucking bus, he throws it in reverse, hits drive and rolls over her again. WATCH & LISTEN.
I see what you mean. It appears that Larry Hogan’s biggest concern in both videos is that voters hear and understand that, under his outstanding leadership, everything was ready to go and he was just waiting for Missy Mayor to say the word. He talked to her on the phone every day but she just didn’t ask for help until “things escalated.”
Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland. One would think he would do more than wait for the mayor to give him some direction.
When he mentions Freddie Gray at all, he refers to him as “the Freddie Gray incident.” Never a word to acknowledge the horrific pain in the black community. No words of comfort, encouragement, compassion, nothing. But six officers were injured and that won’t be tolerated. And destruction of property won’t be tolerated. The brutal murder of Freddie Gray, however, is just an “incident” that apparently WILL be tolerated.
As this problem from hell moves from one state to another depending on the public’s ability to film the cops in action, we keep seeing the same thing with respect to leadership. There isn’t any. These elected officials, when faced with a crisis of this magnitude, do not know what to do except pander to the white folks who they think expect them to bring the hammer down on protesters.
This is all just more proof that the DOJ must step up, right now. I am sorry that AG Lynch doesn’t get a honeymoon period in her new job, but that is just the way it is. Much is going to fall on her shoulders and I hope she surrounds herself with very smart people who will support her.
All kinds of TWEETS up in there!
AG Lynch has her work cut out for her.
Isn’t it usually the case to get the negroes to fix what white folks have broken for a gazillion years, though? It’s going to take all our efforts to affect this kind of systemic change.
https://twitter.com/zellieimani/status/592853490420064258
How did the children get to school today?
Are the schools opened today?
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) seemingly took a minor jab at Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s handling of the riots during a press conference Monday evening.
Hogan was asked why it took so long for the National Guard to be activated, considering the violent scenes coming out of Baltimore in the afternoon.
The governor said that it took him no more than 30 seconds to declare a national emergency and activate the National Guard once the Baltimore mayor requested assistance.
“When the mayor called me, instantly we signed the executive order. We already had our entire team prepared,” he said.
Hogan then added, “We were trying to get in touch with the mayor for some time. We are glad she finally called us.”
Wtf!!! Is there a playboy everyone follows for this shit!! This is why everyone’s mad. Same shit different day. Calm down everyone so we can hurry up and let theses cops walk so we can get back to business as usual. Guess what guys, we got hip to the shit. This is going like all the other deaths by cop. You want us to swallow it and shut the Fuck up. Man, when a white man wanted to keep his cattle there was as an uprising that was fully supported by gun toting crazies. We just want all of our children to live. Damnit!! Children, cattle, see the difference here!!!!
I meant playbook not playboy. Damn phone
https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/592845222385692673/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/592840532608557057/photo/1
I’ve heard this too, stated differently and certainly not as powerfully. But I believe this is God’s truth and I have absolutely no idea why I never thought about this until someone said it to me. It’s not the kind of thing that people willingly admit, it’s more like a dark secret that they harbor deep inside themselves.
https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/593016001672818688
HA! Tell.it.Goldie!
https://twitter.com/DrStaceyPatton/status/593019387176693761/photo/1
LOL Beat that ass, Stacey Patton. BEAT THAT ASS WITH THE TRUTH!
I hope that Miss Mayor has given some thought to what she would like to do after her “public service” because she won’t be getting re-elected. Right now she’s throwing gasoline on a fire. She’s devoid of compassion and emotional intelligence.
Tom Joyner @TJMShow
@TheRevAl says with the poverty, squalor and police brutality in Baltimore any spark would have set off this uprising.
No shit Sherlock
GrooveSDC @GrooveSDC
The death of unarmed Black 15-year-old sparked the Harlem Riots of 1964 http://n.pr/1sx3SFJ #BaltimoreRiots #TheyveBeenKillingUsForAWhile
“This Ain’t About Freddie Gray.”
Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday following the funeral for Freddie Gray, a young black man who died mysteriously after injuries sustained while in police custody.
posted on April 27, 2015, at 11:45 p.m.
BALTIMORE — With sirens wailing from blocks away in all directions, and helicopters whirring overhead, Baltimore spent Monday preparing to burn.
From his stoop on West North Avenue, Deron Martin could see officers and young protesters facing off in the middle of the street about a quarter-mile away.
Behind them were the smoldering remains of the intersection of West North and Pennsylvania avenues, an important intersection in the struggling neighborhood of West Baltimore. Only hours earlier, there had been a CVS store, a Subway restaurant, a check-cashing business and a few other small shops near the bus stop there.
They were all gone now, consumed by flames. And perhaps the anger of neighborhood youth.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/joelanderson/this-aint-about-freddie-gray#.fo32xYVJ
from POU:
I believe this:
“2. The cops put kids off of buses coming home from school, pretty much asking for young, energetic kids to set isht off.”
And thus this:
https://twitter.com/nwilborn19/status/592817478956425217
That governor Larry Hogan used that phrase yesterday at his presser. Basically telling mayor Rawlings-Blake it’s your city.”
AINT’ THAT ABOUT A BITCH?!!!!
Still looking for vid of that bullshit presser.
It is because of Freddie’s death that these folks are enraged. Enraged against the constant brutality inflicted against them and their families.
They’ve seen this scenario play out on a continuous loop, and if a population feels like they have nothing to lose.?
David Simon does not have a black son, nor does Ta’nahesi Coates.
I have black brothers, uncles, and a 3 year old grandson who currently lives in DC.
When you turn the very folks on a people who fear them when they should feel protected by them.
WHAT ARE CITIES LIKE BALTIMORE, FERGUSON, LA, MICHIGAN, ETC. DOING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF BLAKC FOLKS.
ENOUGH OF THIS KEEP CALM & PEACEFUL & LET THE SYSTEM DO IT’S JOB!
THE FUCKING SYSTEM IS THE PROBLEM
Baltimore: State of Emergency Issued
Apr 28, 2015, 7:40 AM ET
By ABC NEWS via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
National guard troops are deployed in front of Baltimore City Hall this morning and a state of emergency has been issued after violence erupted in the city Monday afternoon.
About 500 guardsmen are supporting law enforcement in Baltimore, according to Maryland National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Charles Kohler, with plans to increase their presence to 2,000.
Numerous fires were reported overnight and Baltimore police reported people throwing cinder blocks at fire engines as firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
A citywide curfew will be in effect from 10 p.m. today until 5 a.m. Wednesday. The 10 p.m. curfews will last for one week, mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said, and could be extended as necessary. A 9 p.m. curfew is already in effect for children 14 and younger.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/violence-erupts-baltimore-state-emergency-issued/story?id=30636494
The only folks who are going to get any comfort or feelings of safety or protection from this “STATE OF EMERGENCY” IS WHITE FOLKS.
We know the drill. deploying 5, 000 officers makes the Black folks in Baltimore feel safe?
GTFOH! it furthers their anxiety, fears, and desperate attempts at SPEAKING OUT AGAINST A FAILED SYSTME OF POLICE BRUTATLITY.
When a cop kills our UNARMED black boys and men and folks protest against the killings, they send in the national guard, declare state of emergencies and such!
When UNARMED white folks set cars on fire, riot and loot after sports events?
They’re called excited fans.
Nonviolence as Compliance
Officials calling for calm can offer no rational justification for Gray’s death, and so they appeal for order.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
| Apr 27, 2015
Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city’s publicly appointed guardians of order. And yet the mayor of that city and the commissioner of that city’s police still have no idea what happened. I suspect this is not because the mayor and police commissioner are bad people, but because the state of Maryland prioritizes the protection of police officers charged with abuse over the citizens who fall under its purview.
The citizens who live in West Baltimore, where the rioting began, intuitively understand this. I grew up across the street from Mondawmin Mall, where today’s riots began. My mother was raised in the same housing project, Gilmor Homes, where Freddie Gray was killed. Everyone I knew who lived in that world regarded the police not with admiration and respect but with fear and caution. People write these feelings off as wholly irrational at their own peril, or their own leisure. The case against the Baltimore police, and the society that superintends them, is easily made:
Over the past four years, more than 100 people have won court judgments or settlements related to allegations of brutality and civil rights violations. Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson ….
And in almost every case, prosecutors or judges dismissed the charges against the victims—if charges were filed at all. In an incident that drew headlines recently, charges against a South Baltimore man were dropped after a video showed an officer repeatedly punching him—a beating that led the police commissioner to say he was “shocked.”
The money paid out by the city to cover for the brutal acts of its police department would be enough to build “a state-of-the-art rec center or renovations at more than 30 playgrounds.” Instead, the money was used to cover for the brutal acts of the city’s police department and ensure they remained well beyond any semblance of justice.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/
This is all that matters to them, and the media is happy to report.
“Nearly 200 people have been arrested as a result of a period of unrest in Baltimore that began Monday, Howard Libit, Baltimore’s director of strategic planning and policy, said today.
There were 144 vehicle fires and 15 structure fires, he said.”
NO ONE KILLED THE POLICE.
11 Stunning Images Highlight the Double Standard of Reactions to Riots Like Baltimore
http://mic.com/articles/116680/11-stunning-images-highlight-the-double-standard-of-reactions-to-riots-like-baltimore
Being from a city that has paid out $500 million over the past 10 years to settle police misconduct suits, that number I read from Baltimore seemed so small to me.
Now, I read over at BooMan that there is a state set CAP of $200,000 for police misconduct cases. Now, everything is clear .
Ain’t this a bitch. A life ain’t worth nothing but 200,000. Wow!! Speechless but not unbelievable. Pay attention people. No value for life at all..
https://twitter.com/Keefassa__/status/592810029310451712
Can you FRONT PAGE THIS, PLEASE?
Thanks!
This is the most profound moment on video that I have seen regarding the black community’s reaction to the brutal murder of Freddie Gray by the Baltimore PD.
from POU:
THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD!!!!
It’s NEEDED & you’re welcome.
I love you, Chicas! Y’all are some heavy hitters that pull no punches.
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/592903015335632896
Innocence robbed by indifference. Sad…..
https://twitter.com/RevrendDoctor/status/592318171870289921
Another iconic photograph.
Keeping it coming, Chicas! We’re throwing down. Our kids lives are at stake here.
Folks got in THAT ASS!
https://twitter.com/MattMurph24/status/592889033849774080
https://twitter.com/tatgirlredz/status/592854759649972226
UH UH UH
https://twitter.com/JamesFTInternet/status/592873069905059841
https://twitter.com/SWDick/status/592877816812830720
https://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/592885988969451520
TheJusticeDept
If there are white supremacists hiding w/in the DOJ and not properly investigating hate crimes, then you need to clean house. George Zimmerman should be in prison, Darren Wilson should be in prison. If the bar is too high then LOWER it.
Amen. DOJ made a mistake in not charging Darren Wilson. Don’t tell me about a high bar and what a jury would think about this or that witness. Let the JURY decide for themselves. TRY THE CASE.
Where are these kids gonna go tomorrow????
PROPERTY does not TRUMP BLACK LIVES
BLACK LIVES ARE NOT ANONE’S PROPERTY
I don’t want to hear ISH about black victim blaming and I don’t care who it’s coming from. White supremacist police started this by severing the spine of #FreddieGray
LOOKING@PBO.DOJ.LORETTALYNCH&ANYONE ELSE
I seriously do not want to hear about the few bad apples and most cops are good and we must protect our cops crap. They are protected, they get away with murder every fucking day. Where is the accountability for cops behavior and the acknowledgement of pain caused by them. The world is fucking backwards!
NEED TO DOWNSIZE THE POLICE FORCES IN AMERICA. FEWER COPS.
Crime is down and the militarization has been AMPED up. Take away these cowards badges, guns, tasers, pepper spray, billy clubs, dogs, and hoses, and what do you get?
COWARDS without weapons
Me too! I’m not having it and I don’t care who you are. I don’t want to hear SHIT about black victim blaming.
zellie
@zellieimani
Mayor says they will review video and hold protestors accountable. Can they review video and hold #FreddieGray killers accountable?
We still haven’t seen the van interior video that they referred to the first day.
No words for that mayor. No words.
Liza, SRB is nothing but a puppet. going along with the script to get along. SHAMEFUL!
And she STILL won’t be re-elected. She’s done.
Now it’s the size of the boulders. Omg the horror of Rock throwing!! Will the cops ever be the same. Gtfoh!!!!!!!
This mayor and governor though………
FUCK THE CVC BURNING & BURNING COP CARS.
STOP KILLING BLACK UNARMED PEOPLE!
See how SIMPLE THIS WORKS?
Why is there a disregard for black death and an over regard for whites thoughts about how we should feel. Then we have needgrows cosigning this thug narrative. I am overwhelmed by my feelings today
sunshine, did you hear that stupid bitch, mayor. We’re going to hold the “thugs” accountable.” GFTOH
HOW ABOUT YOU HOLDING THE KILLER COPS ACCOUNTABLE, MAYOR RAWLINGS-BLAKE, HMMM?
I am honestly disturbed at the lengths the people who are elected into office will go to to protect the status quo. She has made a choice. It’s very sad. She could’ve mad a difference instead.
Where are my heavy hitters? Give me more…
Hey Mayor Rawlings-Blake and Governor Hogan, we got your muthafucking curfews and state-o-emergency!
CURFEW THE KILLER COPS, MOFOs!
This has been stewing within the community forever and a day. the mayor, the governor and the rest of BALTIMORE gonna have to DEAL.
We need accountability, transparency, and finally our freedom. Is that hard to understand?
I think now would be a good time to repost this:
https://youtu.be/rwsg3pnyxd4&rel=0
For this woman, it’s about thugs & destroying property.
She’s reading from their PLAYBOOK.
Hey maybe everyone should just put on some ravens and orioles jerseys and then no one will get hurt.
I am feeling so much that I can’t put into words. The Black community can’t remain quiet right now because silence would simply embolden the bad cops. At the same time it is scary to see the methods used by racists and police to silence even peaceful protests. I understand the frustration, tears and anger that is being experienced by so many.
The Black community has been hemmed in by system and institutional racism. It has faced the red, white, and blues:
RED-lining
WHITE-lining
(Institutional racism, discrimination, slavery, lynching, jim crow…an endless list)
BLUE-lining
(Police brutality, killings of unarmed individuals, profiling, and negative stereotyping, false police reports)
The Governor just spoke and he all but THREW SRB’s ass under the bus.
Like what took her so long to call me, the Governor of Maryland, although it’s happening in the city, to call and ask for a state of emergency?
Yes, that MOFO said that, several times.
The governor of Maryland, that would be gray haired white man Larry Hogan, is otherwise unaware of what has been going on in Baltimore? He must get his news from CNN.
Mayor Rawlings-Blake, too many black mothers have invested too many years and have sacrificed too much to have the Baltimore police mutilate, mangle, torture, and kill their children. Do you really not know what is going on here?
https://twitter.com/MayorSRB/status/592843763178942464
I should have said “black mothers and fathers.”
Thank you, Liza! SRB doesn’t have a CLUE.
Do you get the feeling that this woman is in way, way over her head? Or do the cops just wield that much power in Baltimore? Maybe some of both.
Here’s what PEACE looks like:
CONSEQUENCES FOR KILLER COPS
PAYMENT FOR EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
DISMANTLING SYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY & RACIST COPS
EXTENSIVE DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR COPS
DIVERSE COPS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS
Extensive psychological screening of police applicants.
White supremacy is the problem in this country and it can’t survive without the help of the US media. White racist police break a 25yr old’s spine and now want black pastors to come out and calm the people? Two words— FUCK YOU!
This a gazillion times!
And that HOUSE NEGRO SHARON RAWLINGS-BLAKE. GTFOH, parroting the “thugs” and destroying property BULLSHIT.
If only these STATES would call a STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR KILLER COPS.TO RESTORE ORDER.
THERE IS NO PEACE AND SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE POLICE STARK, TERRORIZE AND KILL UNARMED BLACK PEOPLE
The police do not ADHERE to the RULE OF LAW, STOP ASKING THOSE THEY MURDER TO ADHERE TO IT!
POLICE BRUTALITY & MURDER IS WRONG!
Mayor Sharon Rawling-Blake’s answer? CURFEWS. Keep those NEGROES IN THEIR PLACE.
Nothing but a HOUSE NEGRO!
that mayor is a useless POS, parroting “thugs’ and “destroying property,” blah, blah, blah.must be hung over from sipping champaign Saturday at the WHCD
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
Time for some resignations and new elected officials in B-MORE
Baltimore Orioles Exec Defends Freddie Gray Protests: Baseball Is ‘Irrelevant’Baltimore Orioles Exec Defends Freddie Gray Protests: Baseball Is ‘Irrelevant’
ByAHIZA GARCIAPublishedAPRIL 27, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT 1450 Views
Baltimore Orioles Chief Operating Officer John P. Angelos said via Twitter on Saturday that inconveniences and game cancelations were “irrelevant” compared to the real problems being protested in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, which occurred while he was in police custody.
Angelos, the son of the team’s owner, responded to comments made by a Baltimore radio broadcaster who complained the protests that shut down the baseball field were creating a hassle for fans and Baltimore residents.
Below are Angelos’ tweets:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/baltimore-orioles-baseball-freddie-gray
because in the end if all innocent Baltimore citizens can’t be free & LIVE long enough to go to Camden Yards…
David Zirin, sports reporter for the Nation, wrote a great article about the message of Camden Yards, and includes link to comments made by Orioles COO John Angelos on Twitter:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/205377/camden-yards-and-baltimore-protests-freddie-gray
I am now an Orioles fan. Angelos hit it out of the park.
They’re not going to tolerate violence. Just because these cops were cops, doesn’t mean they aren’t VIOLENT.
The citizens of Baltimore are NOT GOING TO TOLERATE COPS KILLING BLACK FOLKS!
curfews! yep that’s the answer, mayor., while surrounded by all black men.
Bayer SRB speaking now. So now she’s disturbed?
You cannot put anger, grief, emotions, etc, in pressure cooker, and continue stuffing it without it exploding and blowing off the lid.
Excellent analogy, Ametia.
They don’t like us because we’re BLACK because we wear hoodies, because we’re talking, walking, because we’re RUNNING, because we’re riding bikes, because we’re president of the UNITED STATES, because POC we’re becoming the majority in America, so they HARRASS & KILL US WITH IMPUNITY.while white criminals are allowed to LIVE and have due process!
WE ARE TIRED, WE ARE ANGRY, WE WANT EQUAL LAWS & EQUAL JUSTICE!
STOP KILLING BLACK PEOPLE!
“Mourners Honor Life of Freddie Gray at Funeral”
https://youtu.be/350Zpy-NZ5w&rel=0
https://twitter.com/baltimoresun/status/592820330688868352
STOP. KILLING. BLACK. PEOPLE.
https://twitter.com/PzFeed/status/592794552936886273
https://twitter.com/Bipartisanism/status/592794446242131968
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/592799516484591618
If you’re going to scream PEACE….tell it to fking police. They’re the ones killing our unarmed kids and severing the spine of a 25yr old.
I just heard someone e use the phrase these children incited this. Seriously??? They are kids!!! I cant!!!
So basically big slow clap to BPD for using restraint today, by not killing another black man.
Are there no laws in this country to protect black citizens from police violence? @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights @RepCummings #FreddieGray
Ummm……no
When police have a disregard for the life of a 25yr old man and break his spine & no law protects him…this is what happens in #Baltimore
Our Black youth are in danger and need to go home now. Regroup and push for justice peacefully and not play into the hands of racists and haters who want them to riot.
Ametia spoke the truth:
We need justice for Freddie Gray, Walter Scott, and all of the others. Presidential candidates need to have the courage to address this as do our congressional leaders. Bad cops are a danger to the Black community. Bad cops need to be indicted and held responsible for their deeds.
I pray that the good people of America keep the pressure on to bring about change for the better.
Baltimore is what happens when LAWLESS cops go unchecked & continue to kill unarmed blk people in staggering numbers across the country.
BALTIMORE is Burning!!
Amen to eliihass and Ametia.
May young Freddie Gray rest in peace.