She may not have meant to say it but she said it. The mayor of a major city has to be competent enough to speak clearly and understand the meaning of the words he or she speaks. Everyone misspeaks but some circumstances require a higher level of discipline. A city in full riot qualifies.
Denying that she said what she said just makes her look dishonest and stupid.
As they say - it isn't the screw-up that destroys politicians - it's the cover-up.
All she had to say is:
"I said it but the words came out wrong. I didn't mean to say it that way and I apologize."
And that would be the end of it.
You know darn well the media would pretend to believe her and cover for her.
But her denial that she said what is clearly recorded forever on video explodes the incident into a major issue.
She is going down and hopefully she will drag some of her racist mafia and some race pimps down with her.