Listening to the Young People of Baltimore

[qwlauren35]

6. Just goes to show

the power of a few riots.

Ten thousand protesters marched in Baltimore and got virtually zero news coverage. But when a few teens riot, everyone wants to help Baltimore.

What is the message here? The squeaky wheel gets greased. So, will we see more riots?

And what does this say about the divide between the haves and the have nots, that the have nots are getting to the point where they think that violence is an answer. This reminds me of the dystopian futuristic sci-fi movies that show armored police fighting violence in cities.

Are we rewarding bad behavior?

Will anything come out of these conversations? Or is the aim simply to prevent more riots? The kids need jobs, and they need more strong, healthy, morally upstanding men in their lives... and liberating convicts without helping them get jobs does not lead to strong, healthy morally upstanding men.

It all boils down to good-paying jobs. And how will government deliver?