Fully expect Baltimore to go down the same primrose path that Ferguson has traveled. On the news today, (as it was with Ferguson), they have the same platform of reporting, identical, other than the location. Residents bemoaning the destruction of their community, i.e. the tragic death of Freddie Gray does not justify protests that devolve into rioting and looting, which, in effect, provide for the total destruction of the community.

Baltimore: From AP Apr 28, 2015 5:47AM Riots in Baltimore raise questions about police response

"I understand anger, but what we're seeing isn't anger," Rawlings-Blake said. "It's disruption of a community. The same community they say they care about, they're destroying. You can't have it both ways."


Ferguson update: KSDK-TV, St. Louis March 15, 2015 Ferguson business owners call for end to unrest

FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson business owners are sending a dire message as they plead for calm. Some of them say their sales are down by 80% since August, and they're afraid their businesses won't survive if the unrest continues.



With an 80% drop in sales – how can a business survive?

When the businesses fold, the jobs disappear, less jobs = less pay = less money = less sales = less businesses. The cycle of poverty becomes entrenched. How long does it take for the poverty cycle to be broken?

And, how can breaking the cycle be accomplished?