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ellenrr

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16. yes, agree. I'm not saying that the indictments are not a big thing...

Sat May 2, 2015, 09:44 AM

May 2015

they are.
they are the result of the people of Baltimore staying on the job for a week and keeping the pressure on.
but people do not need to be lionized bec. they did the right thing (as the prosecutor did)
it is a low bar indeed when cops that torture a man to death are indicted and that is seen (as some do) as the coming of the messiah.
There will be (already is) a huge pushback and it will be a challenge to convict.
And even if they are convicted - good -
but that does not address the systematic problems.
And I don't think it would make any Black person safer.

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A lot of people are going batshit crazy over these indictments. [View all] ellenrr May 2015 OP

Damn right. romanic May 2015 #1

+ a billion. bvf May 2015 #2

Institutionalized racism does not go away, not with this indictment, ellenrr May 2015 #6

Many families in White America are different than BumRushDaShow May 2015 #9

this isn't true Enrique May 2015 #3

why don't people read what they are commenting on? ellenrr May 2015 #4

You are going to disturb the order on the plantation by bringing up such...unpleasantness. n/t jtuck004 May 2015 #5

I knew it wasn't going to be good enough treestar May 2015 #7

"Do the indictments mean people in Baltimore...?" BumRushDaShow May 2015 #8

^+ antiquie May 2015 #14

Do they have jobs? yeoman6987 May 2015 #10

Very good observations. 99Forever May 2015 #11

Obama's role fadedrose May 2015 #12

How much has anything really changed? Take a look at the cover of TIME this week.. n/t secondwind May 2015 #13

50 years ago I was a first year student at Rutgers and my entry ellenrr May 2015 #17

Yes, they finally zentrum May 2015 #15

yes, agree. I'm not saying that the indictments are not a big thing... ellenrr May 2015 #16

I'm with you. zentrum May 2015 #18

The depraved heart charges don't require intent eom TransitJohn May 2015 #19