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I think it would be only natural to get ticked off having a mob come along and hurl projectiles at you. The videos taken and posted online show a few scuffles but for the most part a lot of white folks were standing behind the barriers and having trashcans full of bottles and anything else these heathens could get their hands on and thrown at the people. And when one of the patrons confronted this out of control I heard folks pleading with the rioters to stop and asking where in the world were the police? I saw this out of control mob jumping on cars with folks inside them bashing in windshields and other cars being destroyed. I saw a guy get hit with something and it knocked him to the ground and then the rioter came over while he was down and started pounding on him with his fists. I saw people inside some establishment where things were being thrown through the windows and all you could hear was screaming. It was well reported that right at Camden Yards the police in riot gear were being pelted with trash as well and the rioters were in their face but they had been given orders not to react. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.
This is the last time I am addressing you because you keep leaving out facts. Reading bull**** articles from whatever rightwing blog you want doesn't given you the facts.
Drunk bar patrons were using racial slurs towards protestors. Chants of "run them over" as well. That's what started it. BCPD (Baltimore Police) which always has a presences there didn't break it up then. They let it go and then a bar patron throws a beer can.. then another and another.. That's when it kicked off.
"I don’t know who threw something first, but I heard a shift to jeers and boos from the people drinking and ran right over to it and saw beers being tossed from behind a gate that keeps Pickles drinkers from standing in the road and bottles being whipped back at the drinkers. Some people at Pickles stood up and moved toward the protesters though they were protected by the gate. Then, protesters pulled away the gate protecting Pickles customers from the street. Men from Pickles and elsewhere charged toward the protesters and the protesters charged the Pickles customers. It was at this point that I stopped being a journalist and became someone who was trying to help out."
learn the truth!
Both sides were absolutely guilty in the incident but it started with drunk fans (Orioles and Red Sox) chanting **** that was highly racial. Now one group wants to play innocent because they were idiots and decided to encourage racist chants by their friends and thought they were untouchable. You fell hook line and sinker into a bull**** narrative.