If this has become the ” American Normal ” What would the “exceptional” be? Any real effort to prevent this repeating itself over and over again,
An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others wounded, totaling 30 people shot at a Baltimore block party.
Source: At Least 30 Shot, With Two Dead In The Latest Mass Shooting | Crooks and Liars
Pro-publica and The New York Times did an expose on “JK2” — Kushner’s real estate company buying up hundreds of thousands of housing units in Baltimore in the last 2 decades, including in Rep. Cummings’ district, dontchyaknow. These neighborhoods have been dubbed “Kushnerville,” and are known for his company’s cruel practices and housing violations unchecked.
via Watch Out Donald Trump, Baltimore Strikes Back | Crooks and Liars
Syrian refugees in the US are concerned about anti-Muslim sentiment, but at least one city is welcoming refugees with open arms.
http://mediamatters.org/embed/static/clips/2015/05/19/40050/fnc-factor-20150519-bikergang
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly interviewed a former biker gang leader about a recent biker shootout in Waco, Texas that left nine people dead. O’Reilly’s interview with his white guest was a sharp contrast to interviews the host regularly has with African-American guests, where he lectures them about black violence, culture, and family structure.
On May 17, authorities arrested roughly 170 bikers following the deadly shootout between biker gangs and police in Waco, Texas that left nine people dead and 18 wounded outside of a restaurant. According to The New York Times, “Law enforcement officials and gang experts said the conflicts between two motorcycle groups, the Bandidos and the Cossacks, led to the shooting.”
During the May 19 edition of his show, O’Reilly interviewed former Bandidos biker gang member Edward Winterhalder to comment on the bloody shootout. During the discussion O’Reilly asked Winterhalder about alleged violence and criminal activity among biker gangs and allowed Winterhalder to explain uninterrupted that “there is a lot of different types of individuals in a motorcycle club” but most are law abiding citizens who “are just regular guys who have jobs, families, and kids … the only thing they’re guilty of is having a little too much fun on the weekends”
But when discussing violence in the black community and recent police shootings of unarmed black men, O’Reilly regularly conducts contentious interviews with African-American guests where he blames black culture and family structure for violence and poverty in the inner city.
During the recent protests in Baltimore, O’Reilly hyped black crime statistics and declared “personal behavior” is the problem behind violence and arrests of blacks. In 2014, O’Reilly invited Martin Luther King III to talk about recent police shootings against unarmed black men where O’Reilly suggested that instead of protesting police shootings, African-Americans should wear t-shirts that say “don’t get pregnant at 14.” Following the 2012 killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, O’Reilly demonized the teen claiming that he died because he looked “how gangstas look,” referring to his wearing of a hooded sweatshirt.
http://mediamatters.org/embed/static/clips/2015/04/27/39737/fbn-dobbs-20150427-obamatoblame
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs and Fox News contributor Keith Ablow blamed President Obama and his administration for violence in the wake of the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, who died a week after suffering an unexplained injury while in the custody of Baltimore police officers.
On April 19, 25-year-old Freddie Gray died of a reported spinal cord injury that he mysteriously suffered after being arrested on April 12 by police officers. After Gray’s funeral on April 27, the governor of Maryland declared a state of emergency in Baltimore and activated the National Guard to respond to violence and looting in the city that resulted in injury to at least 15 police officers.
On the April 27 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Fox host Lou Dobbs responded to the events by blaming the violence against the police on Obama, asserting that “there is a war on law enforcement” that is being “corroborated if not condoned by this administration.”
Later during the show, Dobbs invited Fox contributor Keith Ablow to comment, and he also blamed Obama for the violence, adding that people who want to tear down the system like the people in Baltimore “might be taking [their] cues from this president” (emphasis added):
DOBBS: I’d like to begin with what drives, in your judgment, a police department and a mayor, who basically have given a free pass to those who are tearing up property, and injuring others, including law enforcement?
ABLOW: What drives them is a lack of respect for the foundation of governing and foundation of law upon which this nation rests. Contempt for such things and a kind of tacit acceptance, that protests can be violent because people are so frustrated. But the bottom line Lou, is that if you want to change things, you work within the system, that is the way it has always been. If you want to tear down the system, you might be taking your cues, by the way, from a president who has given the appearance that there is every justification for any level of anger at our country because we’re such despicable people.
While reporting on the protests earlier in the day, Fox News’ Shep Smith urged his colleagues to report on the protests objectively by “for now, just covering what happens,” instead of indicting the community
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