Riots in the land of plenty. Somehow it doesn’t make sense. America is rich; it’s people not necessarily so. America is powerful, all it’s people, not really. Inequality and discrimination persist despite years and years of Affirmative Action.

Last week, riots in Baltimore and subsequent powerful demonstrations in many American cities stunned the world. Protestors were demanding justice from a system they perceived as unfair. ‘No Justice No Peace’ was the chant. So what happened? On April 12th, an African American by the name of Freddy Gray was taken into police custody for no probable cause, transported in a van without seat belts where he died apparently due to police negligence. Riots broke out in Baltimore after Gray’s funeral on April 27th with large scale looting in shops and complete free for all that resulted in a state of emergency to be clamped down.