Mentally Disturbed Rioters aka Living Thinking Zombie Horde

We see in the news that a large group of people are rioting in Baltimore Maryland. The riots began as a social movement but quickly deteriorated into rioting, looting, and setting fires. They started the movement by protesting the police brutality that resulted in the death of Freddie Grey. They were excising their right given to them by the constitution in the bill of rights to peacefully protest. The march transformed into rioting when a poster was circulated in the city schools depicting a man breaking the window of a police car with the word purge written on top of it.  The picture is referring to Freddie Grey who was injured during being arrested by police. He later died of his injuries in police custody. The word purge is referring to the movie The Purge in which for one 24 hour period all crime is legal. This poster was the catalyst that turned the peaceful protest into a riot. The protesters started throwing stones,bricks, and bottles at police. The police responded in turn with riot police and tear gas. This is the event that turned the protesters into rioters.  After this event the protesters then proceeded to cut fire horses around the city and then set fires. Their actions prevented the fire departments from fighting the fires and the fires spread. They then went on to loot stores and damage property.

Part of the reason people are rioting is because they do not have the resources and money to fund a group to peacefully protest police brutality. The rioters did not have an outlet to voice their opinions so the trapped feelings and opinions found an outlet in the funeral of Freddie Grey. All of theses trapped emotions exploded out all at once and transformed what used to be peaceful protesters into a mob of angry rioters.

The "elite and powerful" have since tried to take back control on the situation. The elite being the police, the Maryland government and the National Guard. The Maryland governor declared a state of emergency and activated 5,000 National Guard and 500 state troopers to reclaim the city. They have since imposed a strict curfew.


Works Cited
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/04/28/baltimore-riots-freddie-gray-maryland/26498835/

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/04/27/updates-from-baltimore-riots/YuKFLrjt8PnLWWCDbhkVDJ/story.html