The
news out of Baltimore is coming fast and furious, and pretty much all
of it is enraging to anyone with an ounce of sanity. In other words,
only conservatives and other racists.
We're now being told that Freddie Gray's autopsy results do not
indicate that the police were to blame, but rather that his life-ending
injuries were either self-inflicted or (possible but less likely) the
secondary result of a seizure.
Which makes it all the more unacceptable that the mayor of Baltimore
gave the violent rioters "space to destroy," and not only told the
police to stand down and "let them loot," but also ordered the police
not to wear items of protective riot gear which could cause "bad
optics." Which is why some 100 officers were injured, property was
destroyed, and buildings and stolen cars were set ablaze. Yeah, those
are great optics, madam mayor.
Now we're being told that these terrorizing miscreants, who were acting
with neither cause nor control, are all good kids who are just
frustrated because, according to Barack Obama, we haven't nurtured them
with enough federal money. And most importantly, they shouldn't be
called "thugs" because it might be code for the dreaded n-word.
Which, frankly, we consider to be an n-sult to our n-telligence.
UPDATE: the Baltimore cops in the Freddie Gray case are now being
charged with murder, manslaughter, and myriad other offenses. None of
the charges are related to actually inflicting injuries to Freddie
Gray. Rather, the charges are based on the accusation that the police
failed to secure Gray with a seat belt during transport, and failed to
render timely medical aid after he had requested it.
BUT WAIT! There's MORE!
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