I think the police are trying to back away and make way for the National Guard to come in to “put to an end” the riot.
“I think the police are trying to back away and make way for the National Guard to come in to “put to an end” the riot.”
What we have is a complete breakdown of the black “leadership” in Baltimore and a limp-wristed governor who also failed to take charge. I mean the idea that he “had to wait” for that worthless Black Mayor to “request” the National Guard. If there was ever a case for martial law, this is it. The guard should have been deployed immediately when the burning started. It makes me puke to see the governor give a press conference from his “command center” and he has no information for the press. He should have been working behind the scene and not be out in front of the cameras making a fool of himself. My cousin manned a machine gun in an intersection in the LA riots 50 years ago as a member of the CA National Guard. He never had to fire a shot, but the rioters got the message and stopped their rampage when the Guard set up shop.
The situation on the ground is complicated.
The black mayor of Baltimore does not want to crack down on black rioters.
The police know they would be thrown to the wolves if they actually fired upon the rioters, even in self defense.
The Republican governor knows he will be called a racist and indicted by Obama's DoJ if the National Guard opens fire on rioters.
And the rioters know all this.