Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore - Will L.A have their own protests/riots? (Los Angeles: 2015, condo)

[jm1982]

It seems there has been a trend that when a case like the Freddie Gray case happens in another city, there is usually something that happens in L.A, where people protests too.

Do you think things will happen in L.A? It seems that a lot of the violence is attributed to the gangs Crips and Bloods. Since they aren't as strong in L.A nowadays do you think things are different than they would of been in the past?

Hopefully nothing happens here and that the violence stops in Baltimore.

[BRinSM]

hopefully we don't have a bunch of idiots create a human blockade on the freeway again.

[Taiko]

Last time around while the Crips lead the beatings of all lighter skinned people along Florence it was communist and anarchist demonstrating in front of Parker Center which got the TV camera coverage after night fall and the killing began.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by BRinSM

hopefully we don't have a bunch of idiots create a human blockade on the freeway again.

Yeah hopefully not..looks like there is something planned for Thursday ..didn't see anything in the more mainstream sites.


I dug this up...

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While the nation is focused on the civil unrest in Baltimore that grew out of the still unexplained death of Freddie Gray at the hands on that city’s police department, a rally for Freddie Gray is scheduled for Los Angeles.
Specifically, the National Action Network a leading Los Angeles civil rights organization will hold a vigil and rally in memory of Freddie Gray, the young African American man who died in police custody in Baltimore. Michael Brown Sr., father of Michael Brown killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri is a confirmed special guest speaker.
When: Thursday, April 30
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Leimert Park
Crenshaw and Vernon

Read more at Freddie Gray Rally Set for LA – Michael Brown’s Father to Speak

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[Taiko]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Leimert Park
Crenshaw and Vernon


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Unless this turns out to be something major needing a Reverend King to lead the site is out of walking distance to a freeway. They can mess up a city street already messed up by subway construction.

[BeatAngMoh]

IMO the spark for the riots is not the gangs. Its decades of institutional racism following the horror of slavery. These things like the awful Freddie Gray murder ignite the injustices of the past. Until this country comes to full terms with its past and not try to sweep it under the rug things will always ignite. I don't condone the response but its my understanding of the reasons for it.

[IM90046]

Originally Posted by BeatAngMoh

IMO the spark for the riots is not the gangs. Its decades of institutional racism following the horror of slavery. These things like the awful Freddie Gray murder ignite the injustices of the past. Until this country comes to full terms with its past and not try to sweep it under the rug things will always ignite. I don't condone the response but its my understanding of the reasons for it.

I partially agree with you, the black community is just fed up with the systemic racism in this country. Black people too often serve as scapegoats and have too many negative stereotypes tied to them. However, although much of the systemic/institutionalized racism is a result of slavery, most Black people are not angry about slavery. In fact, blacks probably think about slavery less than Whites.

I think the only way we can move on as a society is to talk more openly about race, too often it is treated as a taboo topic. The more we talk about it, the more we'll understand each other, the less we'll stereotype.

About the possibility of rioting, I don't see it likely happening, our Black neighborhoods are increasingly diverse and I don't see much of a epicenter for racial rioting to happen.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by IM90046

I partially agree with you, the black community is just fed up with the systemic racism in this country. Black people too often serve as scapegoats and have too many negative stereotypes tied to them. However, although much of the systemic/institutionalized racism is a result of slavery, most Black people are not angry about slavery. In fact, blacks probably think about slavery less than Whites.

I think the only way we can move on as a society is to talk more openly about race, too often it is treated as a taboo topic. The more we talk about it, the more we'll understand each other, the less we'll stereotype.

About the possibility of rioting, I don't see it likely happening, our Black neighborhoods are increasingly diverse and I don't see much of a epicenter for racial rioting to happen.

I am wondering in what platform there could be more talk about race? Also for the people currently causing problems and violence in Baltimore, do you think they would actually engage in an open conversation about race?

Also, as in many similar cases that have become national news, there isn't any indication that the officers were racist.

Oftentimes an issue by default automatically seems to be about race.

This seems to be the new media fad.

I also think the huge media attention makes things worse. There are a lot of people out there that just want to be part of the action and get the chance to be on national or worldwide TV.

[BeatAngMoh]

Originally Posted by jm1982

I am wondering in what platform there could be more talk about race? Also for the people currently causing problems and violence in Baltimore, do you think they would actually engage in an open conversation about race?

Also, as in many similar cases that have become national news, there isn't any indication that the officers were racist.

Oftentimes an issue by default automatically seems to be about race.

This seems to be the new media fad.

I also think the huge media attention makes things worse. There are a lot of people out there that just want to be part of the action and get the chance to be on national or worldwide TV.

Dialogue is impossible IMO when you have folks like Sharpton assuming representation for all Black people. And on the other end of the spectrum you have people like Rush Limbaugh assuming they are the voice for whites. There was nothing to demonstrate the officers were racist. No specific data point has been revealed. But through the lens of the Black community this is an extension of Jim Crow era lynchings when a Black kid could be picked randomly for any crime on a white person, even for looking at a white woman.

[BeatAngMoh]

And yes its a spectacle. Remember in '92 the Rodney King Riots were as much about an economic windfall for people as it was about justice not being served. A lot of the looting was done by Hispanics who took the opportunity to grab what they could for free. I think most didn't even understand the historical context of the riots but it didn't matter.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0lCdRZngG4