As Twitchy reported earlier, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was quoted as saying that managing the riots in her city was a tricky balancing act, as “we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” Not surprisingly, the well-deserved backlash against that idiotic and widely publicized statement has prompted a “clarification” from the mayor’s office, Brit Hume reports.
Baltimore mayor's office issues "clarification" of Mayor's earlier statement on providing "space" for destruction. http://t.co/8Jxn7Ify7v
— Brit Hume (@brithume) April 27, 2015
Um, here it is, clarified.
“What she is saying within this statement was that there was an effort to give the peaceful demonstrators room to conduct their peaceful protests on Saturday. Unfortunately, as a result of providing the peaceful demonstrators with the space to share their message, that also meant that those seeking to incite violence also had the space to operate. The police sought to balance the rights of the peaceful demonstrators against the need to step in against those who were seeking to create violence.
“The mayor is not saying that she asked police to give space to people who sought to create violence. Any suggestion otherwise would be a misinterpretation of her statement.”
@brithume She clearly stated she wanted to give the protesters space to destroy property. Pretty hard to walk that one back.
— CL ⚾️??? (@LibertyBelleCJL) April 27, 2015
.@brithume Note the “SEEKING to incite violence” language, as if people didn’t destroy property and cause chaos while cops stood down.
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) April 27, 2015
@brithume I hope she'll have time to prepare a statement for the impending FLOOD of lawsuits that SHOULD be filed soon.
— Beaksley (@U_Quack_Addict) April 27, 2015
@brithume The mayor got what they ask for …. What a ridiculous situation …
— kathy (@kathyfisher10) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/592789884521283584
@brithume Just like the guy who yells "fire" in a theater tries to clarify his statement 24 hrs later
— brian scoville (@bscovy1) April 27, 2015
@davidjohngarth @brithume I was surprised Baltimore had space that wasn't already destroyed
— Rob Womack (@Rojowo) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/592790826213867520
@brithume must have talked to HRC – a pro's pro on taking a major issue and calling it a "mistake" or in this case a "clarification".
— Gerry Nass (@gkn08215) April 27, 2015
@brithume A little late!
— Ron Harris (@rdharris55) April 27, 2015
@brithume too late.
— DSNicol (@Dsnicol2) April 27, 2015
@brithume @cupsdaddy too LATE
— ❤️PARIS DEPLORABLE❤️ (@Destinbeach22) April 27, 2015
@brithume Too late! Baltimore is just another Liberal utopia hellhole. Business owners need to leave immediately.
— TrumpWonGetOverIt (@Jan2017Trump) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/apmatre/status/592791826840555520
@brithume Space= jail cell
— Jean ? (@jks417) April 27, 2015
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