Milwaukee Burning

[bshole]

All this shit went down a few miles from my house...

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says the north side is calming after violence in the wake of a police shooting that left one man dead.

The violence erupted a few hours after an officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man. Police said the man was fleeing a traffic stop and was armed with a gun. It wasn't immediately clear if he pointed it at or fired it at the officer.

As many as 100 protesters skirmished with police in violence that began early in the evening and stretched past midnight. At least four businesses burned, including a gas station and a bank, and one officer was hurt by a thrown brick.

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/14/489948298/milwaukee-police-shooting-leaves-1-dead-unrest-follows

Interestingly enough, this follows Friday night which was particularly murderous. No protests for those murders though.

Five men were killed in shootings within a nine-hour span Friday evening and Saturday morning, Milwaukee police and the medical examiner's office said.

"We had a horrible night last night," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Saturday afternoon.

The men, all between the ages of 21 and 36, were killed in three separate shootings that stretched from 6 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday. No suspects are in custody and no motives were disclosed in any of the homicides. The names of the victims haven't been released.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...illed-overnight-shootings-milwaukee/88667560/

 

[Mxylplyx]

As someone who fully appreciates the conditions that have spawned the BLM movement, they should really make efforts assess the available information on individual incidents before reacting lest they be perceived by the public as reflexively supporting violent criminals.

 

[Jaskalas]

As someone who fully appreciates the conditions that have spawned the BLM movement, they should really make efforts assess the available information on individual incidents before reacting lest they be perceived by the public as reflexively supporting violent criminals.

Far too late for that after Ferguson, MO.

 

[mizzou]

As someone who fully appreciates the conditions that have spawned the BLM movement, they should really make efforts assess the available information on individual incidents before reacting lest they be perceived by the public as reflexively supporting violent criminals.

The people who riot and burn down hair salons are not BLM in my opinion. But BLM often gets piggy backed into them because BLM isnt a centralized movement. Anyone can do something in the name of BLM amd tarnish it.

But you are accurate these knee jerk rioting situations just harm the community even further for a variety of reasons. 5 murders the other night *crickets*......cop shoots an armed suspect who resisted arrest...immediate rioting and more violence

Nobody can win

 

[pcgeek11]

From what I saw in the videos online, they used it as just an excuse to loot and burn...

 

[Jaskalas]

From what I saw in the videos online, they used it as just an excuse to loot and burn...

I'm guessing businesses will give the good folks of Milwaukee a "safe space" to loot and burn. By packing up and clearing out.
If that what the people really want.

 

[Ackmed]

I'm guessing businesses will give the good folks of Milwaukee a "safe space" to loot and burn. By packing up and clearing out.
If that what the people really want.

Well a BLM leader taught in a class that looting was ok, and justified. So yeah.

Rainey said Saturday's violence was a byproduct of inequities, injustice, unemployment and under-education.
"Something has to be done to address these issues," he said. "The black people of Milwaukee are tired, they are tired of living under this oppression, this is their life."

From CNN. Based on what little information we have, it appears to be justified. But lets not blame the criminal acts of the guy killed, lets blame the cops and everyone else. Don't put blame on those who burned and rioted, lets blame anyone else. Don't blame those who didn't receive their free education and don't blame those without a job. It's someone else's fault. It's always someone else's fault. Lets not wait for all the facts, lets judge within a few hours. Giving excuses to them in part of the problem. This is a pathetic response by people acting like animals. Sadly the people within the community had to come together to clean up what was destroyed. It is very nice to see people coming together and knowing there are plenty of good people within the community. As always the good of many is over shadowed by the bad actions of a few.

 

[compuwiz1]

Flash mob mentality at work again, before the facts are known. Unacceptable! If law enforcement would start locking people up, who do this, and charging them with crimes, they might think about it a bit more. Seems that most of them, who destroy property, get away with it. Problem is, enforcement of law will probably further stir the hornet's nest with people who already hate cops.

 

[Mayne]

when a culture that glorifies money, gold chains, keeping the sticker on your shitty flat brim hat, getting women pregnant and ruinning away from your responsibilities...generally being a fucking juvenile deliquent is the cool thing...i weep for the black nation.

 

[NAC4EV]

Obey the law.

 

[NAC4EV]

Riots erupted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after an Officer Involved Shooting of an armed Black male. As sad as it is to discuss these events, what led to the riots is not so much about the shooting and more about people waiting for the right moment to burn their community to the name while chanting "Black Power".

 

[Londo_Jowo]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwaukee-violence-police-shooting/

City Alderman Khalif Rainey said the area has been a "powder keg" for potential violence throughout the summer.
"What happened tonight may not have been right and I am not justifying that but no one can deny the fact that there are problems, racial problems in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that need to be rectified," Rainey said. "This community of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has become the worst place to live for African-Americans in the entire country."
Rainey said Saturday's violence was a byproduct of inequities, injustice, unemployment and under-education.
"Something has to be done to address these issues," he said. "The black people of Milwaukee are tired; they are tired of living under this oppression, this is their life."

I guess they didn't get the word that 200k jobs were added last month, unemployment is low, and the economy is healthy.

 

[IGBT]

The DNC owns all the thug mob street violence. Their funding and fingerprints are all over it.

 

[tracerbullet]

AP is reporting that body cam shows a gun was pointed at the officer, and that the officer too was black. I wonder what the rioters think now?

The DNC owns all the thug mob street violence. Their funding and fingerprints are all over it.

Do you have any evidence? Or are you just stupid?

 

[IronWing]

AP is reporting that body cam shows a gun was pointed at the officer, and that the officer too was black. I wonder what the rioters think now?

That they got some free shit.

 

[NAC4EV]

The DNC owns all the thug mob street violence. Their funding and fingerprints are all over it.

You are a Bonehead

 

[bshole]

From the BLM website:

We thought we could rest. We thought we could regroup. We thought we would have time to reflect on the past two years- were we have come, and where we are going. But in the meantime our people are crying. Our people are dying. Our people continue to cry out for help; for relief from the pain and suffering that has systematically been placed upon them.

What happened last night was not the result of greed or an ignorant display of anger as some have called it, but rather pain and frustration built up from over 400 years of oppression. The rioting and looting that occurred last night in the city of Milwaukee is a demand for justice on every level. We are one of the most segregated cities in the United States. We are the worst city for Black children to grow up. We are a city of inequities, of under-education, of unemployment, of oppression, of drug abuse, of violence.

What happened last night was a revolt and an uproar, not just a disturbance. The media has no problem to classify us at thugs, but have been reluctant to call a spade a spade. The people are angry. The people are fed up, and the people are demanding their freedom. The Coalition for Justice feels the pain.

Join us to clean up our community- to rebuild our community. To share love with our sisters and brothers, and to pray for our city.

 

[Ackmed]

If that quote is true (I haven't checked) then anyone who supports the BLM are idiots to me. The riots are not the fault of 400 years of supposed oppression, but of people looking to capitalize on a circumstance. A circumstance that was given by a thug (if the reports are true of his wrap sheet and fb pics) breaking the law, and died by his own idiocy and illegal activities. Targeting white people in the riots is racist and a hate crime, but it's ok apparently. The cop who shot the thug was black. Instead of waiting for evidence either way, they acted out and broke several laws. The New Black Panthers are even worse in their leaders statements. I am embarrassed for them and their disillusions of the facts.

I have no doubts that someone innocent will be killed by a police mistake in the future, hopefully not near future. sadly mistakes are made. Such a killing should be protested and the cop brought to justice. This is not such a case, BLM, Panthers, and anyone else acting like the riots are anyone else's fault but the ones who did it, acting like this sort of behavior is ok, acting like they are not the problem, are just idiots. I try not to use names often, but in this case it just fits.

Meanwhile a cop was killed in Georgia just doing his job, murderer on the loose. Yet what appears to be a just shooting (still waiting for all facts) and the riots afterwards gets all the attention. A thug gets more attention in death than a cop doing his job responding to a call about a suspicious person. He simply gets out of his car, and gets shot. Yet personal with a long criminal history, breaking the law, gets shot by cops and people are far more upset about this? Fucking pathetic. Complaining about a racial divide, or a divide between blacks and cops, while actively making it worse is just stupid.

 

[Svnla]

Why did the gas station, the auto parts store, multiple vehicles, the beauty shop supply place, and other entities get burn down to the ground? What did they have anything to do with the shooting?

 

[Atreus21]

From the BLM website:

Can you source that to BLM? I couldn't find it. I found it on a facebook post attributed to "Coalition for Justice".

 

[cubby1223]

From the BLM website:

Not surprised in the least. The whole BLM movement is devoid of personal responsibility. Or, should I say, personal responsibility if you are black. It is a farce. The movement is not about bettering black lives, it's about shaming white lives. The BLM movement will for sure result in greater equality... we're just going to all be equally shitty. Thank you BLM, but no thanks. You had potential but when push came to shove you just fucked it all up.

 

[Jaskalas]

AP is reporting that body cam shows a gun was pointed at the officer

And for that they riot... underscores the whole problem.

Shame on the people of Milwaukee.

 

[rudder]

AP is reporting that body cam shows a gun was pointed at the officer, and that the officer too was black. I wonder what the rioters think now?

It won't matter one bit. Obama has been telling these people for 7.5 years that they are victims of white privilege. Any excuse to divert attention from the failure of their existence is all that is needed.

Look at the BLM rallies... We still hear the hands up don't shoot chant. Which most people now realize never happened.

 

[cubby1223]

Hmmm, where are the typical users who come into all of these threads supporting BLM screaming how racistly bigoted everyone else is?

 

[Victorian Gray]

Hmmm, where are the typical users who come into all of these threads supporting BLM screaming how racistly bigoted everyone else is?

Maybe because it has nothing to do with BLM. It was written on Facebook by these guys:

https://www.facebook.com/justicefordontre/

https://cfjmilwaukee.org/

so maybe redirect that rage and disdain to the appropriate target.