Police deployed in force in a flashpoint neighborhood of Baltimore on Monday amid erroneous claims that officers had shot a young black male. Officers in riot gear fanned out across the intersection of North and Pennsylvania avenues, and witnesses said pepper spray was used on bystanders. Rumors swirled in mid-afternoon that police had shot - perhaps fatally - a young African-American man who was seen running away from pursuing officers. But on Twitter, the Baltimore police department said reports of a man being shot were "not true."
This is just terrible, the police have got to know that they need to be extra careful about what they do. Especially now that those riots have been put down. However, if the police say that a man fired on them, they're gonna shoot back! That'so what they're supposed to do. Baltimore citizens can' the overreacting about police when the suspect was in the wrong.
I believe that there is a difference between the shooting of an African American man and a guilty man. If the shooting is done solely based on racial discrimination, then its wrong, but if the suspect is guilty of a crime, such as firing at civilians, then the police are going to take action.
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