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Monday, April 27, 2015

Baltimore Erupts Into Violence, Chaos as #BlackLivesMatter Riots Rage

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Racial protests supposed to be peaceful quickly turned into violent riots on Saturday evening, closing down the city of Baltimore for some time—and creating a panic for thousands of people as just 50 miles away elites in Washington partied with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Personally, I wasn’t supposed to be on the job tonight as a reporter. After a long news week and as several of my contemporaries lived high on the hog down in D.C. at the so-called “Nerd Prom,” me and my brother left D.C. to go see our Boston Red Sox play the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards I hate the White House Correspondents’ Dinner—it represents everything I think is wrong with Washington, making celebrities out of news media and politicians—and given the fact I grew up just outside Boston I figured seeing the Red Sox play in Baltimore would be a great reprieve from the political culture. Boy was I wrong.

My brother and I arrived in Baltimore just outside Camden Yards about an hour before the game, and went into Bullpen Bar—one of three iconic all-brick building bars right outside the stadium—for a beer before the Sox took on the O’s. I usually make it up here for a game or two every year, and have always found Orioles fans to be pleasant. We’re united in our hatred of the Yankees.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Special thanks to Obama and eric holder.

Anonymous said...

speaking of the white house correspondence dinner - didn't our Prez make us proud! NOT

Anonymous said...

I say give the thugs the addresses to the cnn msnbc hosts.

Anonymous said...

Water cannons would have worked here. Why were they not deployed and why did the police just stand down?

Anonymous said...

Mayor of Baltimore said she allowed violence.

Anonymous said...

90 miles away the Cherry Blossom Festival was great.

Anonymous said...

What do all of those scrum bag Obama warriors have in common? No job.I say we have a million white man March,and take the streets of Baltimore back.hope they try that shot in my town.they will be burying every one of them.act like a monkey,get treated like one.they are their own worst enemy.they give themselves a bad name.