Baltimore is now going into a state of emergency....

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Blackface performer plans fundraiser for officers indicted in death of black man
Brian Witte, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:13 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:26 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A former Baltimore police officer said Wednesday that he plans to perform an Al Jolson routine in blackface to raise money for the six Baltimore officers who have been indicted in the death of Freddie Gray.
Bobby Berger, whose performances as Jolson created tension with the department in the 1980s, said Wednesday that 610 tickets have been sold in eight days at $45 each for the Nov. 1 fundraiser in Glen Burnie.
But the venue where Berger intended to hold the event, Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, posted a notice on its website that the fundraiser will not be hosted there.
"No contract was signed with Mr. Berger," the notice said. "Michael's does not condone blackface performances of any kind."
Berger said in an interview he doesn't believe there is anything racist about his routine.
"It's coincidence," Berger said about the fact that the entertainer he impersonates wore blackface. "There's no racial overtones to this show. There's nothing racial to the show."
Michael Davey, an attorney for the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police, said officers do not support the fundraiser. Gray was black. He died of injuries received in police custody. Davey said no money would be accepted from the fundraiser.
"They've been put in a pretty bad position without their knowledge," Davey said of the police officers.
Tessa Hill-Aston, president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP, says the idea is "very distasteful."
"This is showing no sensitivity to the family of Freddie Gray," Hill-Aston said.
Gray's death prompted a wave of arson, looting and open confrontations with riot police in Baltimore in April.
Berger, who is 67, has performed the blackface signing act for decades. He was fired from the police force in the 1980s for performing the act in his spare time. He was reinstated to his job following an appeal, but later retired. His performance at a retirement dinner for a white Baltimore County officer in 1996 prompted a black officers group to protest outside the dinner.
Berger said in an interview Wednesday that he only intended to help the officers who were indicted in the Gray case.
Blackface performer plans fundraiser for officers indicted in death of black man
 

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A former Baltimore police officer said Wednesday that he plans to perform an Al Jolson routine in blackface to raise money for the six Baltimore officers who have been indicted in the death of Freddie Gray.


Berger said in an interview he doesn’t believe there is anything racist about his routine.



“It’s coincidence,” Berger said about the fact that the entertainer he impersonates wore blackface. “There’s no racial overtones to this show. There’s nothing racial to the show.”


Michael Davey, an attorney for the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police, said officers do not support the fundraiser. Gray was black.


He died of injuries received in police custody. Davey said no money would be accepted from the fundraiser.




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Blackface performer plans fundraiser for 6 indicted officers - The Washington Post
 

Scotty Davis

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Did you ever wonder if these race tensions are allowed to escalate to provide a pretense for martial law? America has been morphing into a police state ever since George W. Bush was appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
 

EagleSmack

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Did you ever wonder if these race tensions are allowed to escalate to provide a pretense for martial law?

Not at all.

America has been morphing into a police state ever since George W. Bush was appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

You mean the Supreme Court told Gore to get over it and stop asking for yet another recount and that he lost the election.
 

Scotty Davis

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You may need a lesson on how the US Presidential Elections work.


Actually I already know how they don't work... First only the wealthy elite with the most money will get to be the only tow candidates the people can choose from (not a true democracy like Canada). Then the candidate who can best smear his rival will garner more "electoral votes" which are secretly bartered, bought, and swapped in secret back room meetings and exchanged for favors and appointments. The votes of the people "popular votes" can easily be tampered with by using defective voting machines in areas where an adversary is likely to be favored. Yes, American politicians have mastered the fine art of voter fraud.
 

EagleSmack

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Actually I already know how they don't work...

You can say that again!

First only the wealthy elite with the most money will get to be the only tow candidates the people can choose from

Wrong

(not a true democracy like Canada).

Oh that's really wrong! lol

Who did you vote for for PM? Thanks.

Then the candidate who can best smear his rival will garner more "electoral votes" which are secretly bartered, bought, and swapped in secret back room meetings and exchanged for favors and appointments.

Ugh! That is wrong too!

The votes of the people "popular votes" can easily be tampered with by using defective voting machines in areas where an adversary is likely to be favored. Yes, American politicians have mastered the fine art of voter fraud.

YIKES! You were wrong about everything! Congratulations and your opening statement rings true... you know nothing!
 

Tecumsehsbones

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In case you forgot Gore won the popular vote count.
Too bad for you the Constitution provides that the popular vote is not the deciding factor in Presidential elections.

Don't you just hate the Constitution?

Actually I already know how they don't work... First only the wealthy elite with the most money will get to be the only tow candidates the people can choose from (not a true democracy like Canada). Then the candidate who can best smear his rival will garner more "electoral votes" which are secretly bartered, bought, and swapped in secret back room meetings and exchanged for favors and appointments. The votes of the people "popular votes" can easily be tampered with by using defective voting machines in areas where an adversary is likely to be favored. Yes, American politicians have mastered the fine art of voter fraud.

Re. . . tard.