My Controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_protests

Freddie Gray was a 25-year-old African American man living in Baltimore. He was put into a coma on  after being handled by six police officers throughout his arrest that night. Nothing happened to the six police officers, but then the riots started for six straight days. 34 people arrested and six police officers were injured until the six police officers responsible got arrested. The mayor of the city didn't have much to say except for a weak attempt at keeping just how huge the mess was quiet.

After Gray's death, a 'purge' was threatened by the Baltimore rioters on the city to which policemen responded. A college campus was shut down. The White Sox vs. Orioles game was postponed until further notice. Bottom line, it was a huge, extremely violent mess with an even bigger clean up. It left that area of Baltimore in shambles.

Thanks wikipedia for the article. I hope it's not just me that is just a bit worried that this is going on in America...the country we live in. It sounds frightening, awful, and kind of like this shouldn't be happening here. But it is interesting that America is kind of seen as a safe place by its citizens and the world around us. Clearly that's not always the case. Seriously just think, what if this happened in the cities we lived in? How would you react?