The pro-riot left is back

The Other Side of the Argument

They took a couple weeks off after Ferguson, I think.

But they're back.

Riots and burning cities in the late 60's and early 70's gave Democrats an opportunity to be perceived by the public, perhaps for the first time, as harboring a significant pro-riot as well as a pro-Communist faction, willing at once to incite and to justify black hatred of whites and violence toward them.

Such teachable moments have continued at intervals since that time, doing their part in the alienation of the white working class from the party and in the exacerbation of racial hostilities in the country at large.

Strangely, to this very day, liberals totally misunderstand the political impact of such events, the more profoundly unfortunate the more extensive the media attention.

Jon Stewart Rips CNN For Covering WHCD During Baltimore Protests

Baltimore is a city with a black majority population and government.

Wikipedia says the police department is 43 % black, which does not mean whites are a majority or even a plurality.

Given all this, you might think it would occur to someone other than Mark Steyn to notice that the problem of police lawlessness, violence, and brutality in America is not, or is by no means only or even primarily, a race problem but a police problem.

You would be mistaken.

Baltimore awakens to devastation

The role of young men not normally any more criminal than the general run of kids, with their incompletely developed brains and hormone-disordered personalities, should be noted.

The media are already challenging the city administration on its handling of the crisis, even as lawlessness continues.

The mayor asked the state governor to send in the National Guard, which he has done.

The White House and the new AG Lynch have offered assistance.