While I would not downplay the role police brutality toward Freddie Gray (and numerous other instances) had in the unrest in Baltimore last night, it would be equally foolish to disregard the effects of the downward spiral of our economy for the past thirty years on our inner cities--and likewise, on America's working poor and middle class. Police vioence on top of joblessness, hunger, and little hope for the future is not a recipe for peace and brotherhood.
The powers that be in America need to take a good look at what happened in Baltimore last night (and Ferguson, MO last summer)--if things don't change economically for a vast majority of Americans and very soon, it's only a matter of time before the anger and turmoil moves from our inner cities into our suburbs as well, and the end results will not be pretty for those at the top.
A gated community might keep a burglar or everday miscreant out, but it's not likely to stop a hostile mob that's tired of being cold, hungry, and jobless.
Peace,
emaycee
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