“If a
history of injustice can be partly – if not mostly – blamed for
the riots, then Baltimore’s reaction to the demonstrations can also
play a major role in whether the last outburst was the one that
breaks the cyclical nature of inequality.”
“Over
the last two days, Baltimore police have arrested hundreds. While 35
were taken into custody Tuesday night after the city’s week-long 10
pm curfew went into effect, 235 were arrested during Monday’s
riots. According to the Guardian, most of those individuals are being
held without charge. While Maryland’s habeas corpus law allows for
24-hour detention without charge, Governor Hogan has suspended that
safeguard, claiming it was 'necessary to protect the public safety.'”
“Katie
D’Adamo, a lawyer with the Office of the Public Defender, confirmed
to BuzzFeed News that most of the adults arrested on Monday are being
held in tiny cells. Baltimore City Police Captain Eric Kowalcyzk also
said as much during a Wednesday news conference, saying that 111
people have yet to be charged with a crime, though he also said that
many of those may be released for the time being to be charged at a
later date.”
“Even
those who have been charged face unjust circumstances. The Guardian
also states that the governor plans to retroactively discourage
future riots by imposing heavy, unrealistic bail bonds against those
who have been arrested. One 19-year-old, for example, was charged
with eight offenses relating to his participation in demonstrations
on Saturday. His bail was set at $500,000, a high price to place on
an already disenfranchised population. The 19-year-old was arrested
after he was unable to pay.”
It's
not accidental that the arms industries demonstrate new weapons
designed to be used inside urban areas for suppression of
potential riots. There will be no "outside enemy" in the
future. The threat for the dominant system will come from the
interior, the big urban centers.
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The
more the poverty and inequality grow, the more extremism finds new
material, especially among the youngest people who suffer from
unemployment. The more the extremism grows, the more the
suppression imposed by the state to the citizens increases, and so
on. And this gives the suitable justification for an increasingly
militarized police ready to operate at the heart of urban centers.
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