Riots – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:17:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Riots – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Gangs in #Baltimore Did Not Band Together To Go After Cops https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/29/gangs-in-baltimore-did-not-band-together-to-go-after-cops/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/29/gangs-in-baltimore-did-not-band-together-to-go-after-cops/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:17:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21094 Continue reading Gangs in #Baltimore Did Not Band Together To Go After Cops →]]> You all heard that gangs in Baltimore had banded together to go after cops. But if you did hear that, you heard wrong. Gangs are universally vilified, and the term “gang” is also used by law enforcement and their other as a euphemism. (For people it is OK to shoot, apparently.) The reality of gangs is far more complex than usually understood.

Anyway, I thought you might like to see this:

Originally posted by WBALTV 11: Members of the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods and the Crips talk to 11 News, saying they did not make a truce to harm police officers.

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