I dont really know where to start but im going to jump into it.
The media and the police are currently instigating the citizens of Baltimore as they have done in Ferguson. It's like there is a broken pipe that is gushing water, and instead of acknowledging the source and looking for ways to resolve it, they are standing in front of the water with push brooms, mops and wet vacs sucking up the water and waiting for the water to stop on it's own accord meanwhile hundreds of thousands of dollars in water damage is being done.
This is a crisis situation, and what is done in any other types of crisis situation? Resources are utilized. When shyt broke out in Waco, they had megaphones and phone lines establishing communication with those on the inside, when someone is on a bridge or a building about to jump communication is established, in a few of our country's most infamous prison riots communication was established, basically someone was on the end asking "What do you want? What will it take for this to be over? Why are you doing this etc?" When the towers fell, there were national hotlines people from all over the country to call, crisis counseling available in various cities all over the country for people to talk, there were public forums and meetings hosted in cities where people could go to verbally process and discuss what was happening. Same with Katrina.
I'm not too up on all the local details of what's going on. I dont know if there is any groups or any leaders attached to all the action that is going on, so on the surface is appears chaotic. But while the police just stand there with riot shields get hit with rocks and take a few steps forward, and news vans and helicopters fly overhead it's obviously just pissing the people off and everything about the events are reactionary. The police are reacting to the crowds, and the crowds are reacting to the police. There dont seem to be any plans toward resolution. It seems to me that they are just hoping it all dies out or that people get tired, or enough people get arrested or forget about it, move on to the next thing and go home.
Wouldn't it be better for the city of Baltimore to provide a public forum for these people to speak and have a voice? These sideline journalists arent helping at all. They aren't interviewing people and asking why or what they want, it's all "What is going on (right now)?" Wouldn't it be privy for the mayor and the city officials to say "OK, we understand you have some concerns, comments and such, instead of standing in the streets and all this, lets talk tomorrow from 8am to 6pm at...so and so park....(maybe some place outdoors that wouldnt get destroyed, any place other than an arena or stadium would likely be too small) or even various high school auditoriums (more than one place to break up the crowds plus they can hold a lot of people)"
I've said it all a long the riots aren't much more than tantrums. A kid is going to kick, scream, cry, and stomp- sometimes you can ignore it and they will stop, other times you have to acknowledge what it is they want (because sometimes they just want attention). Acknowledgement doesn't mean give in, but it validates their concern and lets them know they are heard. The police and city right now are turning a deaf ear toward these people. They are there, they are seeing, but they arent listening. The people of Ferguson and Baltimore wants resources (fair representation, fair police officers) and they aren't getting that so this is their tantrum, a better term is civil unrest. By just sitting back and watching these people do these things and reacting to them (tear gas, marching forward---by the way, where the hell are they pushing these people back to when they are marching forward- if they keep going forward and the crowds keep backing up where are they ending up? The police probably just want the people to disperse but this is some of their neighborhoods they arent just going to go inside the house and go to bed), but by sitting back and watching and reacting, they are perpetuating, better yet instigating the people by continuing to deny them resources. Resources that they've utilized time and time again.
Am I wrong, or should the city of Baltimore have already had in place designated places for people to go process, discuss, ask questions and vent?
The media and the police are currently instigating the citizens of Baltimore as they have done in Ferguson. It's like there is a broken pipe that is gushing water, and instead of acknowledging the source and looking for ways to resolve it, they are standing in front of the water with push brooms, mops and wet vacs sucking up the water and waiting for the water to stop on it's own accord meanwhile hundreds of thousands of dollars in water damage is being done.
This is a crisis situation, and what is done in any other types of crisis situation? Resources are utilized. When shyt broke out in Waco, they had megaphones and phone lines establishing communication with those on the inside, when someone is on a bridge or a building about to jump communication is established, in a few of our country's most infamous prison riots communication was established, basically someone was on the end asking "What do you want? What will it take for this to be over? Why are you doing this etc?" When the towers fell, there were national hotlines people from all over the country to call, crisis counseling available in various cities all over the country for people to talk, there were public forums and meetings hosted in cities where people could go to verbally process and discuss what was happening. Same with Katrina.
I'm not too up on all the local details of what's going on. I dont know if there is any groups or any leaders attached to all the action that is going on, so on the surface is appears chaotic. But while the police just stand there with riot shields get hit with rocks and take a few steps forward, and news vans and helicopters fly overhead it's obviously just pissing the people off and everything about the events are reactionary. The police are reacting to the crowds, and the crowds are reacting to the police. There dont seem to be any plans toward resolution. It seems to me that they are just hoping it all dies out or that people get tired, or enough people get arrested or forget about it, move on to the next thing and go home.
Wouldn't it be better for the city of Baltimore to provide a public forum for these people to speak and have a voice? These sideline journalists arent helping at all. They aren't interviewing people and asking why or what they want, it's all "What is going on (right now)?" Wouldn't it be privy for the mayor and the city officials to say "OK, we understand you have some concerns, comments and such, instead of standing in the streets and all this, lets talk tomorrow from 8am to 6pm at...so and so park....(maybe some place outdoors that wouldnt get destroyed, any place other than an arena or stadium would likely be too small) or even various high school auditoriums (more than one place to break up the crowds plus they can hold a lot of people)"
I've said it all a long the riots aren't much more than tantrums. A kid is going to kick, scream, cry, and stomp- sometimes you can ignore it and they will stop, other times you have to acknowledge what it is they want (because sometimes they just want attention). Acknowledgement doesn't mean give in, but it validates their concern and lets them know they are heard. The police and city right now are turning a deaf ear toward these people. They are there, they are seeing, but they arent listening. The people of Ferguson and Baltimore wants resources (fair representation, fair police officers) and they aren't getting that so this is their tantrum, a better term is civil unrest. By just sitting back and watching these people do these things and reacting to them (tear gas, marching forward---by the way, where the hell are they pushing these people back to when they are marching forward- if they keep going forward and the crowds keep backing up where are they ending up? The police probably just want the people to disperse but this is some of their neighborhoods they arent just going to go inside the house and go to bed), but by sitting back and watching and reacting, they are perpetuating, better yet instigating the people by continuing to deny them resources. Resources that they've utilized time and time again.
Am I wrong, or should the city of Baltimore have already had in place designated places for people to go process, discuss, ask questions and vent?
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