Obama: 'No excuse' for violence in Baltimore

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots#1980s

I limited this to riots during the Reagan administration. Links with background:

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-03/news/mn-1527_1_police-officers

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/12/us/us-won-t-prosecute-officer-who-touched-off-miami-riots.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggieville_Riots(not a race riot)

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/crowd-314790-beach-karl.html(not a race riot)

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/18/Tampabay/At_his_death__a_city_.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_prison_riots(prison riot by Cuban prisoners)

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/nyregion/perth-amboy-left-staggered-by-its-rioting.html(ethnic rioting)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins_Square_Park_Riot_%281988%29(not a race riot)

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/22/us/hundreds-go-on-rampage-after-a-black-man-is-slain-in-shreveport.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What do we have here? Facts?

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

What do we have here? Facts?

amusing that i mention bush, someone posts about reagan, and you claim victory.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

There, see? Just for you. Since it is apparently very hard to google.

2000s

• 2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida
• 2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City, New York
• 2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2003 – Benton Harbor Riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan
• 2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida
• 2005 – Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, August – Sept., New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2005 – 2005 Toledo Riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio
• 2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California
• 2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California
• 2008 – Cedar Fest riot 2008, Michigan State University, April 5, 52 arrested, East Lansing, Michigan
• 2008 – Republican National Convention Protests, St. Paul, March, over 1000 arrested, St. Paul, Minnesota
• 2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

amusing that i mention bush, someone posts about reagan, and you claim victory.

My bad. I read Reagan where you clearly referenced Bush. Sorry!

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

My bad. I read Reagan where you clearly referenced Bush. Sorry!

someone's getting old and needs glasses

[LibCampFireClub 635]

They have good golf courses?

He ain't that good.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Time to close this one too.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Time to close this one too.

hahahaha

[spookyturtle 9,465]

hahahaha

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/politics/obama-baltimore-violent-protests/index.html

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the "criminals and thugs who tore up" the city of Baltimore on Monday night, after rioting and looting paralyzed the city and overwhelmed local officials.

The sustained outbreak of violence followed the funeral for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died after he was arrested more than two weeks ago. Cars were set on fire, stores were destroyed, and six officers were seriously injured. It was the first time Obama has commented on the turmoil in Baltimore that has followed Gray's death.

"There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive," Obama said at a press conference from the White House. "When individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building, they're committing arson. And they're destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities. That robs jobs and opportunity from people in that area."

Did Obama use the word Thug ? I thought you said that was racist.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Did Obama use the word Thug ? I thought you said that was racist.

He never received the list .

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

If social media and cameras were around back then, pretty sure there would be way more...

I remember 2001, back before the invention of the camera

When was it that crack head Rodney King got his butt tore up. I think that was before cameras were invented in 2001, wasn't it

Time to close this one too.

It depends on if we are Manic or depressive today in the ivory tower

we can argue back and forth about what is a riot and what is not. The fact is race relations have gone backward 30 years under Obama

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Race relations haven't gone backwards 30 years so much as closet racists have been in a snit since the 2 time election of a Black man to the White House and honestly appear to think that they are cleverly covering up racist venting with code such as 'the Kenyan.' Although there is nothing new under the sun, literally EVERYTHING is somehow a direct result of said President but hey, it's just a political and not racism.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Easy mistake. Both are presidents America would have been better off without.

My bad. I read Reagan where you clearly referenced Bush. Sorry!