Comments by "Mia Kœnig" (@miaknig3130) on "The Biggest Stories of the 1990s" video.

@edwinh.9906 and before that, the Watts riots. And before that..... It seems like there is always simmering that eventually boils over which calms it for a brief time, before it starts again. They did not show some of the more horrific footage that highlighted the most tragic parts of that incident eg the brutal beating of Mr King by police and then the beatings of innocent people who happened to be working or driving through the area when the rioting started (video of a truck driver yanked from his vehicle and beaten into a coma). I never really knew about it until BLM movement caused some channels to mention past incidents of police brutality. This should definitely be taught in school. It does not seem like there was any mention of change regarding police brutality, until the most recent events. The Freddy Gray/ Baltimore City riots were exacerbated by the police cutting off mass transit after students had taken buses to the main tranfer point and were left stranded. However most people think it was teens who wanted a reason to wild out. The distraction the teens caused, seemed to give drug dealers and users an opportunity to loot pharmacies. The city is still burned out and looks like a war zone in some sections. Businesses that survived, eventually closed leaving entire blocks looking like uninhabitable dumps. So sad.
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