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The other two posters who sounded like they were defending the mayor have now apologized after seeing the full transcript.
Time for you to be a real man and do the same
I agree. I lean left, and while I can't know the INTENT of the mayor, her words went far beyond "irresponsible". Whatever the intent, it was just the stupidest thing I've seen in a LONG time. Crazy.
It was edited to sound like she wanted to give them room to destroy her city, when in fact she thought it was an unfortunate side effect to allowing protests because you 'inadvertently allow those who want to destroy as well.'
As for the Romney 47% the leftist media tend to lie and spin to further their agenda. Although Fox news leans right, I thought they were better than that.
Quote:
Here's the source..CBS Baltimore.
The video of the press conference
is there to watch as well.
Baltimore Mayor: ‘Gave Those Who Wished to
Destroy Space to Do That’ « CBS Baltimore
“I made it very clear that I
work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to
make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their right to free speech,”
Rawlings-Blake said. “It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try
to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were
going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. And
we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best
position to de-escalate.”
Oh I am sure you did hear her say that, which is why I said it was poorly worded. Though I am sure your right wing media is spinning it as they set aside an area for people to terrorize and riot in a neighborhood. It is what I expect to see come from right wingers. Right wingers seem to foam at the mouth for things like this.
Go watch the video..I posted the source..CBS.
She did say that exactly.
Go watch the video..I posted the source..CBS.
She did say that exactly.
And today she is denying she said it.
Yes, I watched the video, that is what she said, and like I said, it sounded like a poor choice of words. I don't think that is what she meant. But of course, right wing media is foaming at the mouth because of this comment and we have what we have here. Nothing that surprises me here.
Not about race? Tell that to the whites that were assaulted last night and those at Camden Yards on Saturday.
Blame that on the rabble rousers who fill their heads with racist BS to further their private ambitions. On the night in question, the police encountered a physically robust suspect. By the end of their shift, the police handed over a mortally wounded one. To date, no explanation for the violence has been brought to light. Had these been citizen volunteers instead of police officers, they'd be under arrest.
And when they assemble they even put their garbage in the garbage cans
The libs put their garbage on the ballot.
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