Posted on 04/28/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by jimbo123
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was under intense pressure Tuesday morning to defend her response to the violence that has ripped apart her city following the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died after being in police custody -- particularly Rawling-Blake's remarks in which she suggested those who "wished to destroy" need their space.
With more than a dozen officers injured in clashes with rioters and looters, some -- including Maryland's governor -- are questioning whether Rawlings-Blake should have acted sooner and taken a tougher tone to prevent the demonstrations from getting out of control.
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Toss the mayor to the wolves.
Looks like the governor is really stepping up.
He’s temporarily moved his office and cabinet to Baltimore with the declaration that he is responsible going forward. Looks like he really intends to end this.
Celine Dion “let zem tuch nice tings!”
Would have been nice if he did this, like, yesterday, everybody knew this was coming.
He probably came to the startling conclusion that she is incapable of dealing with it.
Because!
All those high school yutes voted for her. And not a single one of the Baltimore businesses supported her. (wink wink)
If I had said “Typical Black Person” in response to her comments, I would be persecuted mercilessly.
Her words were clear and could not have been twisted or taken out of context.
Apparently the mayor wasn’t taking his calls for the first 24 hours.
I thought the mayor of Baltimore was a black woman?
She is.
I can just visualize the lawyers lining up to pounce on the suits for damages over that stupid utterance.
The American people simply had to have their negro in a position of authority. The electorate got their negro in a position of authority. Does this woman ‘s remarks indicate what the negro does with that authority?
“A hired hand will run when he/she sees a wolf coming. She will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to her and she isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.” John 10:12
Just another corrupt politician more interested in keeping her job than doing her job...
That is classic. I will never forget hearing that. Of course she would have plotzed if they even glanced in the general direction of one of her mansions. It’s okay as long as it is zomevun else’s tings dey are touching.
Sort of a redux of Mayor Nagin in New Orleans after Katrina, eh?
The video of it on youtube has some moron saying it was a beautiful statement that spoke for all of us.
*snort*
Maybe he thought he was in Venezuela?
And Celine was one of the first artists to put anti-piracy software on her CDs.....”Let dem hear dose tings for once, Celine.”
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