Baltimore, the city that erupted in riots after an alleged racially motivated police killing, is calm tonight despite a completely unjustified police shooting. It may have something to do with the fact the victim was an unarmed white man and the assaulting officer was black. As you know, injustice only flows in the white-on-black direction.The AP reports that a yet-to-be identified black Baltimore City police officer was on his way to a community meeting Monday night when he stopped at an intersection to speak with a white man. I guess the sight of a white guy in Baltimore is unusual enough to warrant a stop. While talking to this white man, the officer demanded that he take his hands out of his pockets. The man refused and the officer issued the command several more times.
Feeling he was at an impasse, the black officer took out his gun and shot the white man in the leg. The man did not have a weapon of any type in his possession. The white man, who has also not been identified, was taken to the hospital where he is listed in serious condition.
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