voguevixen, yeah those were the shooting deaths of blacks by police. Sorry I was vague about it. Too cheesed off to properly proof read.
Weirddave, no I don’t blame the cops for Courtney Mathis. I blame his parents. A 12 year old tooling around town at 2 a.m. in a relative’s (stolen) car. How does this happen? Another thread for another time. Unfortunately something will come up, and probably soon, that will make this all too topical again.
On the up-side, the curfew seems to be working. It was pushed back to 11:00 last night. People seem to be calming down a bit. The freaking cold weather we’re getting for the next few days could help too.
The riot be the rhyme of the unheard.
I am also in Ohio. I think the riots went too far. How does breaking into a clothing store justify an innocent death? It would be different of there were rallies, church vigils, meetings on why it happened. Seems that the cops set off a spark in a room long filled with gas vapours. The Cinncinati people were waiting to riot; they just needed an excuse. I am all for riots, as long as they mean something. The first day, they were rioting because of a shooting. The rest of the time, they were rioting just to riot.
voguevixen, I just wanted to offer my sincerest apologies for berating you on a point that I misunderstood. Thank you for responding with a cool head when I obviously didn’t deserve it. I explained that it was a touchy subject for me and still managed to overreact–I guess I have issues. Hope I haven’t soured my reputation with you and everybody in this thread. Is this an acceptable effort for my first groveling apology post?
…more than happy to be leaving the country for 3 months so this will all be forgotten…
stuffinb, I’m just around the corner from Main Library, the Chinatown side of Lake Merritt.
Hehehehehehe!