==Baltimore==
The Fergusen Riots failed to muster African-American voters to the polls in the [[2014 Midterm Elections]] to retake the U.S [[House of Representatives]] or keep the [[U.S. Senate]] from going Republican, as [[Democratic Party]] strategists (such as Donna Brazile) had hoped.<ref>http://www.mediaite.com/online/donna-brazile-hypes-midterm-voter-turnout-with-ferguson-hashtag/ </ref><ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2014/0904/Playing-politics-with-Ferguson-Will-it-work-for-Democrats-in-midterms </ref><ref>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-triangulates-ferguson-crisis-midterm-231620731.html </ref> Yet in many ways the 2015 Baltimore Riots were a spinoff of the anger engendered in Fergusen. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported President Obama met the day after the midterms with Fergusen protest leaders and expressed concern, in the words of [[Al Sharpton]], that the movement and its objectives "stay on course".<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-met-with-ferguson-activists-concerned-protests-stay-on-course </ref> Social media analysis analysts suggests links between Baltimore and Ferguson violence. Between 20 and 50 social media accounts active in Baltimore were also used in Ferguson at the peek peak of violence in late Summer 2014, suggesting the presence of professional organizers.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059840/Anarchists-year-s-violence-Ferguson-active-Baltimore-claim-social-media-experts.html </ref>
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