Enough is enough with these thugs and looters who take to the streets at the slightest provocation in order to wreak their destructive behavior on their neighborhoods. It is absolutely imperative that violence be met proactively with overwhelming law enforcement response and that it be made clear early on that we will not tolerate such criminal activity.
The mayor of Baltimore has a lot of explaining to do. There was ample intelligence that a massive riot was going to occur Monday night; yet, the police numbers were not sufficient to respond adequately. The National Guard, on alert they might be needed, was evidently not called by the Mayor until late Monday night, long after it was evident that the civil situation had turned chaotic.
There were other contributing and disturbing factors. For example, the mayor said explicitly that she wanted to give the "purge" space to destroy. The White House was not forthcoming with and denunciation of the anarchy in Baltimore's streets. Al Sharpton made it abundantly clear that he was going to Baltimore to stir the pot. And although it was known weeks, months... even years before the first brick was thrown that the Black community was getting fed up with being fluffed off by city authorities, no one took the initiative to start a productive dialogue.
One thing is certain: this festering crap has to stop in America, and it has to stop now, in Baltimore.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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