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ghostsinthemachine

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Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:52 PM Apr 2015

Witnesses In Photos Of Baltimore Protests Dispute MSM’s Version Of Events [View all]

As people in Baltimore organize to defend their community against police brutality, there are many different stories coming out both through both the mainstream and social media describing what happened during this week’s Freddie Gray protests.

There is now a heated debate surrounding various videos and photos that allege acts of violence, theft, and vandalism. However, it has now been confirmed that mainstream media sources have been posting pictures and creating their own stories to go along with them. In some cases, witnesses or people who were actually seen in these pictures have come forward to dispute the stories that have been ascribed to these images.

One aspect of the violence this weekend that has not been covered by the mainstream media is the fact that drunk sports fans were actually instigating fights with the protesters. This is not surprising, given the notorious history of violence for which sports fans across the country are well-known.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/witnesses-photos-baltimore-protests-dispute-mainstream-medias-version-events/#2T2RyOqgsFfL5KsL.99


Posting because this story is coming out now and needs to get some run....

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Excellent...thanks NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #1
10 images that you won't see in on Television ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #2
How drunk sports fans helped spark Saturday night's post-protest violence ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #3
Crips, Bloods Call Truce, Not to Harm Cops But to Protect their Community from Violence & Looting Re ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #4
The local broadcast news station here (WCPO) reported it as Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #8
I heard that all day long today. ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #9
Wow. THAT was totally misrepresented then. alphafemale Apr 2015 #10
More here ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #13
"The revolution will not be televised." ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #5
I was watching MSNBC yesterday Politicalboi Apr 2015 #6
Only believe the eyes seveneyes Apr 2015 #7
I don't watch news on television. Here in the U.S.A. it's all propaganda. hunter Apr 2015 #11
"Those kids were set up"..... ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #12
Just Google Baltimore Teacher Tweet...lots of articles, copies of tweets...real, not MSN. libdem4life Apr 2015 #14
Baltimore protester Joseph Kent 'kidnapped by police' on live TV ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #15
Another DU thread with similar stories ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #16
Baltimore’s Police Officers Have Been Arrested At High Rates ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #17
Freddie Gray Was The Last Straw: Baltimore’s History Of Police Brutality ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #18
Baltimore is NOT Ferguson ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #19
Baltimore Cop: ‘I Blame The Department’ ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #20
How Balt. Riot Police Helped Spark the Rioting - The Psychology of Militarized Police & Crowds ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #21
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