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[mdnicethaking]

We didn’t forget about you ‼️ ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿💔 #freddiegray #baltimore #riot #justforfreddiegray #blacklivesmatter #stopkillingus #stopracism #thegooddieyoung #itshardbeingblackinamerica #beingablackmaleinamerikkka #protectandservemyass #nojusticenopeace✊🏾 #baltimoreriot2015 #fuckthepolice👮🔫 https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5D4wfJDl4/?igshid=byt0tas6plcg

[zachariahjeremiah]

Hey! So why didn't you buy a "rioton" print from HUGERELIEFpress while they were still in print?......don't let this be your sad tale. There's only a few left. Hook it up now.... before it's too late..#printmakers #woodcarving #woodcut #printmaking #inkonpaper #baltimore #baltimoreriot2015 #freddiegray #artforyourhome

[anarchosophy]

Old pictures I shot of the Baltimore protests on May 2, 2014. Do these look like riots to you? There were people of every race, age, creed, gender, and sexual orientation that you could think of all exercising their right to peacefully protest

[ca1if0rn1a]

[cq2012]

What Are You Doing Tomorrow Night? With my husband playing softball and my parents headed into town, this mama is staying in, but if I had my druthers I'd be all dressed up and attending an event that hits home for me. It was a tough day in April, watching Baltimore on fire and a city that I love hit the national news in a very negative light, but the image of a vandalized Flawless Damsels boutique post riot seemed to resonate with me. Perhaps it is my desire to one day open a shop of my own, that made it so difficult for me to see another local business owner's dreams being destroyed. So, I may not be able to attend tomorrow evening's Baltimore Fashion Industry Benefit, but I just purchased a ticket to support this cause. If you shop local and believe in Baltimore, then I hope you will join me in your pajamas from your couch. Sometimes it's OK not to get dressed up for a great cause! See link below...XO https://www.eventbrite.com/e/best-of-baltimore-fashion-industry-benefit-bobb-tickets-16940651946

[msnbc]

Where two worlds converge: The Preakness race in Baltimore

Photos by Jonno Rattman

[xdopeartist]

Baltimore Protest®.. Done In Illustrator and Photoshop …

[jcafesin-blog]

"Skillfully recreated that historic #LARiots #saga in vivid, evocative detail." DISCONNECTED >> http://ow.ly/LxRxN  Literary 1990s novel #memoir for women and #boomers. #asmsg

[dreamarchiveshop-blog]

Astrology and Baltimore Uprisings

Sun-Square-Jupiter Sun-Trine-Pluto Moon-Opposition-Mercury Moon-Opposition-Mars Moon-Conjunction-Saturn Mercury-Opposition-Saturn Mercury-Square-Neptune Mars-Opposition-Saturn Jupiter-Trine-Uranus Uranus-Square-Pluto

Current Events that are being reflected by the Planets are most certainly seen in the Baltimore uprisings. Uranus is a planet of Change and new ideas, and the change that is coming about right now is social Justice, and the Violent factor has been instigated by Pluto Squaring this Planet. Pluto almost always represents some kind of power struggle when it is being aspected in a challenging way. And the  social justice movement to end the unfair treatment of the black minorities has come to a cap with Pluto and Uranus having a power struggle. Social Justice is Struggling to Prevail. But what Uranus does have on its side is Jupiter in a positive and easy aspect with Uranus. That no matter how bad it gets, or where it goes, we have luck on our side and change will come from this. Or maybe I just think this because Jupiter creates a huge amount of visionary optimism, and this is what we want to believe. 

And this is only a small example of how aspecting planets have an effect over life here on earth. More will be coming. And if you would like insight into your own personal chart and the aspects happening in your life now, we can have a consultation. 

[cstonepost]

When Riots Were White

By C. Stone Brown

May| 2015©

 BREAD, MEAT, RENT, FUEL!! Their prices must come down! The voice of the People will be heard, and must prevail. 

New York Bread Riot of 1837

The mainstream media would lead Americans to believe the Baltimore riots ignited by the death of 25-year-old Freddy Grey is the first time in American history a legitimate grievance – police killing – sparked a riot, and led to street violence, theft and property damage.

In reality, riots are as American as apple pie; and African American riots have been more measured in comparison to white riots that were sparked by wage disputes, rent increases, food shortages and political corruption, (not to mention race riots).

For instance, in Athens, Tennessee, 1946, (known as Battle of Athens) hundreds of white male veterans just returning from WWII came home to a corrupt government run by Sheriff Paul Cantrell. The veterans complained the local police harassed them, arrested and ticketed them for no reason. It all sounds too familiar, except this was “white-on-white” crime.  

One GI veteran, Bill White recalled how tensions flared up after arriving home from the war. “There were several beer joints and honky-tonks around Athens; we were pretty wild; we started having trouble with the law enforcement at that time because they started making a habit of picking up GIs and fining them heavily for most anything—they were kind of making a racket out of it.” This all sounds eerily similar to the Department of Justice 2015 investigation into Ferguson Mo, which uncovered a ticketing scheme targeting African Americans.

On Election Day August 1, 1946, a gun battle broke out between the two sides after Cantrell ordered his deputies to beat and detain GI poll watchers, and one of his deputies shot Tom Gillespie, an elderly black farmer in the back after he was turned away from voting.

Hundreds of veterans armed themselves with rifles after Cantrell and his men barricaded themselves in the local jail. Cantrell and his men finally surrendered when the well-armed GIs started hurling dynamite at the jailhouse.

What would be the reaction if black men took up arms under similar circumstances in reacting to present day Republican strategy to suppress the vote of African Americans?

The “shock and awe” reaction by the media observing people from the poorest areas of Baltimore smashing windows, looting stores, and hurling rocks at the authorities sounds very similar to the “1863 Bread Riots” in Richmond, VA, sparked by food shortages during the Civil War.

On April 1st, 1863, a group of famished and angry white women numbering in the hundreds crowded the Virginia state Capitol demanding to speak to the governor about the lack of food and other supplies. One of the ring leaders Mary Jackson, a 34-year-old mother of four, whipped up the crowd telling stories about unseemly market speculators driving up food prices.

The women weren’t only agitated and rowdy from a lack of food. Just day’s prior, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, inflamed tensions by asking for southerners to spend March 27th “fasting and praying” in a show of support for the war. It’s familiar message, be peaceful and pray for food.

The women ultimately retreated on day one, but on day two when they were again told the governor was too busy to see them, that’s when things became ugly.

The women marched down to the main shopping district with hammers and axes in hand smashing windows, looting stores, while chanting “BREAD OR BLOOD” – “BREAD OR BLOOD.” The women reportedly stormed the jewelry merchants, stole a wagon of beef bound for a hospital, and 500 pounds of bacon from a warehouse. Perhaps, that may be the origin of the phrase “Bring home the bacon.”  

So what happened to the “thuggish” white women who looted food and jewelry, and destroyed private property? Some were arrested, but soon released because the jails were over crowded.

Why are the “Bread Riots” and the “Battle of Athens” important chapters in American history? It shows that riots aren’t acts of lawless behavior peculiar to African Americans; and that throughout American history whites and blacks found them necessary in their pursuit for fairness.

C. Stone Brown is a former Senior Editor/Crisis Magazine, and Washington Bureau Chief/DiversityInc. He can be reached on his blog at cstonepost.tumblr.com or cstonebrown@aol.com

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[divine1am]

Baltimore is at WAR! Whether you want to accept the fact or not. Our people are at war!! But where are our allies? Where are our leaders? So called ones who can collect all the money out your pocket on any given Sunday but will never lead you on the front lines. This is a new generation and old tactics will no longer suffice. Our parents generation are stuck in their old traditions mainly to not get involved and stir the pot. This generation will cause a shift but the youth have been mislead and lead astray, where are the elders to lead us in this time of calamity. Where are the elders to teach us the knowledge of God vs. Evil. This is what this war is based on, not skin color or group of people. Pure evil vs Good. The line has been drawn for many years now across the globe. I quite frankly Dont give a shit who u bow down to or who you think your savior is but the time of the end (or beginning) is now. You prayed for your Armageddon for so long to wipe away all the wicked and its here and yet you still do nothing. They are killing your kids, young godseeds, life that has been brought into this universe and you do nothing to protect or fortify them. But praise is given to the mother who beats the child for standing up for something so he may not or anyone else may not fall for anything by the hands of an invisible oppressor. FEAR IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN OUR PEOPLES GREATEST DOWNFALL. Rise up people, awaken to your destiny. Our true power lie deep within us, deep within our ancestry. No weapon formed against us shall prosper because we are Gods by birthright. The earth is out of balance and she will bring herself back into universals balance no matter who is inhabiting her land. We must restore balance, we must acquire accurate knowledge to fortify us, we must awaken the God within. There is an abundance of energy circulating within this realm of things...use it. Remember who and always has been afraid of who.What is fear to a God? #RISEOFTHEGODS

[thevisibleimage]

Baltimore Riot Of Unheard

[heatherandalan-blog]

Soooo in the hunger games, when rue dies, the citizens of her district riot and destroy property because they are so angry. People understand their anger and why they riot and destroy property. Like, no one critiques the books on how this behavior is wrong. But when it happens in real life..... Yeah...

[msnbc]

Listen to Prince’s new protest song "Baltimore"

(Photo by NPG Records / Ralston Smith) 

[orphanchildproductions]

Communications Are The Base Of Change. I Went And Sat Down With Miami Dade PD To Discuss Changes In The Community. #bethechange #baltimoreishappening #baltimore #africa #blackisbeautiful #africanqueen #shutitdown #hiddencolors #blacklivesmatter #alllivesmatter #africanking #knowthyself #freddiegray #blacklove #justice4all #every48hours #knowledgeispower #4biddenknowledge #wecantbreathe #africasfinest #kingmovement #baltimoreriots #justiceforfreddiegray #justiceforfreddie #riotbaltimore #baltimoreriot2015 #priceless #baltimorecity #boston