Monday's violence came the same day as Gray's funeral. The 25-year-old was arrested on April 12 and died one week later from a fatal spinal cord injury. "I am sure that the family is concerned, and I am positive that they are against what is beginning to develop here in town," said Billy Murphy, an attorney for the Gray family. "They don't deserve this any more than Freddie Gray deserved it," he said about the injured officers. Because of the violence, the Baltimore Orioles have postponed their home game against the Chicago White Sox on Monday, the team announced via Twitter. At first, the team planned to go ahead with the game, but delayed it after further talks with the Police Department. A new date for the game will be announced later. Over the weekend, a few protesters vandalized police cars, threw objects at officers, cursed at them and scuffled with them. About a dozen young men smashed squad cars with garbage cans, climbed on top of them and stomped on them. "This has got to the point, this is not about Gray right now. It's reactionary," a Baltimore resident and protester said on Monday. "You can only put so much into a pressure cooker before it pop."
The unrest in the nation is raising at an alarming rate. The actions that are being taken by citizens and law enforcement officials do no benefit with one another in a way that peace can be found. What is happening is that different groups are bashing heads and it is being taken publicly and could seriously harm by-standers. I understand the unease from what had happened and in no way is it acceptable but the outbreak in terror was unacceptable in its own way. Many citizens not involved with the protest were dragged along in it either as a supporter or as one who had been injured. There needs to be a way to settle what has happened that will appease the people of Baltimore and put the law enforcement in their place without hurting more people.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/us/baltimore-unrest/index.html
this is a super touchy subject and honestly I would say the same things about finding a different way to get justice, however what is that way? will people listen if it's not blown up? I really do think there has to be another way, but it's just finding it that's tricky.
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