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treestar

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48. While I agree there are disparities

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2015, 05:10 AM

May 2015

Why must it be characterized as a "riot?" It was still a bad thing. At least the black communities had reason to protest something. Why the need to feel that if it is not labeled "riot" the bikers are OK people somehow and what they did was OK?

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Coverage of Waco biker gang killings reveals disparities in news coverage [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

Thanks for this Kama JustAnotherGen May 2015 #1

Great spot malaise May 2015 #13

What your saying I agree with, I am not on board though with police account..... AuntPatsy May 2015 #2

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield called the bikers involved "thugs" pinboy3niner May 2015 #3

Probably because that, among other things, is what they are. WillowTree May 2015 #23

"Thugs" is probably the kindest thing okasha May 2015 #40

Huge K&R, KamaAina! Anansi1171 May 2015 #4

Remember this? KamaAina May 2015 #5

They were called thugs phil89 May 2015 #11

In the coverage I have heard nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #6

DOJ calls them OMGs--Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs pinboy3niner May 2015 #8

Yeah, but I am willing to bet that for example nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9

It was a violent riot by two rival gangs. herding cats May 2015 #7

Has Obama been blamed yet? left-of-center2012 May 2015 #10

It wasn't a riot imnew May 2015 #12

it was a slaughter. more dead than the amtrak fiasco. spanone May 2015 #19

Yes. It was. bravenak May 2015 #38

Just talked to two relations down there. Said Abbott's response: MOAR GUNZ. They don't support OC. freshwest May 2015 #45

Except the violence was directed at other people not at other property mythology May 2015 #14

Exactly right. NaturalHigh May 2015 #41

This is a riot imnew May 2015 #15

It was a deadly violent gang war in public endangering the lives of innocent americans. bravenak May 2015 #37

It wasn't a riot, it was a gang war and the article is idiotic race baiting. Renew Deal May 2015 #16

Right on and exceptionally well put. WillowTree May 2015 #29

I've had the news on in the background all day B2G May 2015 #17

mmmm Skittles May 2015 #18

Have you ever heard the word 'riot' used to describe B2G May 2015 #20

nope Skittles May 2015 #22

The difference is riots are typically disorganized groups snooper2 May 2015 #21

This is not a riot. beemer27 May 2015 #24

Words and meanings are tough Blue_Adept May 2015 #25

+1 FLPanhandle May 2015 #26

+1 treestar May 2015 #49

Other than shooting and arresting a few outlaws, they were hands off mostly seveneyes May 2015 #27

This was not a Riot it was bunch of meth-head thugs in a shoot out against each other..... Puddy May 2015 #28

And yet it's often done. Igel May 2015 #33

What's wrong with using the word thug? NobodyHere May 2015 #36

Ridiculous wingzeroday May 2015 #30

Kicked&Recommended... butterfly77 May 2015 #31

Just the white trash taking itself out Matrosov May 2015 #32

Twin Peaks is a chain of "breasturant"s underpants May 2015 #34

It got my attention JonLP24 May 2015 #35

It was a shootout, not a riot. X_Digger May 2015 #39

+1 uponit7771 May 2015 #42

armed riot uponit7771 May 2015 #43

, one_voice May 2015 #44

Who took out the "h" and "k" letters from the spelling of Waco for these idiots... cascadiance May 2015 #46

A 'shootout' is worse than a 'riot', isn't it? muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #47

While I agree there are disparities treestar May 2015 #48