No, she really did not say that. What she said was, that in an effort to give peaceful protesters space to protest, they inadvertently also gave space to those who wished to destroy [property] as well. Her wording was poor, and has led to many people suggesting that she intended to give rioters room to destroy, but I really don't think that is what she meant.
As in another post of mine, I will say that I don't agree with the approach - to give room to the protesters, even as some turned violent and destructive. I also think that she is not entirely competent. But I do not think she intentionally allowed violent rioters "space to destroy". It was an unfortunate (albeit entirely foreseeable) result of her chosen tactic.
We gave those who wished to destroy space to do that.
But that is what she said. The idiots out there took her at her word that she was giving them a free pass. She truly is incompetent and should not be allowed to open her mouth in any kind of a public forum. She needs a keeper.
It wasn't inadvertently. She was purposeful. What did she expect from too much space?
Thanks - that gives me an answer to my question in #35.....
No, she really did say that. May not be what she meant but it is what she said.
“No, she really did not say that.”
Respectfully, you are FOS! She really DID say that! Now, it may not be what she meant to say, but it IS what she DID say! And it would not be an issue today if she simply owned up to “mis-speaking,” but by her follow up statements, she has locked out any way to recover. She should be removed from office, and replaced by a race neutral, competent white person.
And if your home or business was left on the side of the police line abandoned by the mayor?
After Ferguson, especially, she should have assets ready and should have used them against the rioters.
Sicon,I understand what you’re saying, but she still used the words she used, misstatement or not. Her later attempt to clarify her earlier statement doesn’t mean squat to the people who lost their businesses and jobs because the professional thugs took her at her words.
But I believe the real effect is yet to come when insurance claims are either rejected because of her words, or future policies come with drastically increased premiums. As I said in an earlier post what company wouldn’t take steps to protect itself from a mayor that could give her blessing to the mob to trash the city again in the future, intentionally or not? Businesses close, the city tax base shrinks, city services are curtailed, etc.
We may be looking at the birth of a new Detroit...