It's is absolutely necessary to give people the room they need to destroy things, because without it there can be no peaceful protest?Absolutely necessary in a free society. Unless you are willing to give up the right to protest peacefully....The Obama would give the rioters the space they need to destroy private property as well, so the point is moot.A major tenet of right wing republicans is LESS governmental interference, especially from the federal government when it comes to local matters....
Yet, not one of these dingbats on this forum has the cojones to call out their fellow cretins for "blaming" Obama and the executive branch for not doing "something" (whatever that may be) regarding the Baltimore riots....
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Had an extra helping of kool-aid this morning eh?
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Yes as ......
"...there will always be a criminal element seeking wanton violence that will take advantage of the space given to peaceful protest."
Here’s her full comment:
“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.”
Which is probably why you cut out this part of my response.
"...there will always be a criminal element seeking wanton violence that will take advantage of the space given to peaceful protest."
Anyone believing the Mayor was intentionally giving these violent criminal space to destroy is just fucking loopy.
Seriously, did you read the quote you just posted? Here's what you posted:
Here’s her full comment:
“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.”