A quote that caught my eye in the whole Baltimore mess was -"If property damage is more upsetting to you than institutional racism your moral compass needs a realignment."
Sobering.
Some Baltimore police have publicly admitted there has been harassment on a major level. Millions of dollars spent to settle suits against them. Facts.
We want things to remain neat and tidy while injustice flows like wine in paths other than our own.
Sure, we want equality for all, but when peaceful protests - and think how many there have been in the last six months alone - get very little press or results, what should be the next step for the oppressed.
Never violence. Never looting and pillaging. Never burning.
But exactly what does it take to prompt change?
That is the huge unsettling elephant in the room.
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