… and so it goes!! “Korryn Gaines who was murdered by Baltimore police for not showing up in court for a traffic ticket.”
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The refusal of the “criminal justice” system to hold any of the officers who murdered Freddie Gray last year to account has resulted in one of the most horrific tragedies imaginable, the slaughter of a young mother and the critical wounding of her five year old son by the guns of police officers in Baltimore city. In the wake of the Department of Justice’s findings that Baltimore police regularly violate “rights guaranteed by the constitution“, Baltimore police broke into the home of 23 year old Korryn Gaines last Monday in a SWAT team-style raid over Gaines’ failure to appear in court for a traffic ticket! As Gaines was live-streaming at first on Instagram and then Facebook, she heard the voices of unknown people outside her apartment room and asked her five year old son who was outside. “The police,” the five year old answered. “They’re trying to shoot us.”
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It Is What It Is 
Horrible, horrible… and in 6-hours, no one from the BPD could de-escalte the situation, try to resolve the situation involving a child, some other way…?
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Seems to me they don’t do de-escalation anymore. Sad to say … 😦
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