Baltimore mayor pummeled for playing cornhole 'as bodies dropped' during surge of weekend violence [photo]

As we reported on Sunday, violence erupted in Baltimore over the holiday weekend, making May the deadliest month for the city since 1999:

This has been Baltimore's deadliest month since 1999. http://t.co/x1vWHfRuvc

— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) May 26, 2015

(Hmmm… Did Prince play “1999” at his #Rally4Peace concert?)

And this “surge in violence” has independent journalist A. F. James MacArthur, a frequent critic of the Baltimore police and proprietor of the news website Baltimore Spectator, pummeling Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for her inaction:

I wonder if @MayorSRB still casually thinks the surge in violence is something "we've dealt with before" & we'll basically get over it?

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

No seriously, less than a week ago when pressed, @MayorSRB had a very cavalier attitude towards the rising body count. Was disturbing.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

And then this happened:

Over the weekend, as bodies dropped in record numbers, YOUR mayor was in her fav place (Inner Harbor) playing games. pic.twitter.com/zznkNQZSXr

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

Yes, that is your mayor in her element, playing corn hole, while out of control killing took place throughout the city.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

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Boom.

MacArthur retweeted these zingers as well:

@BaltoSpectator @MayorSRB
Broken windows = call in the national guard.
30+ shot in a weekend = play cornhole.

— Just Another Jen (@JenHolland79) May 26, 2015

@BaltoSpectator You could certainly make an argument to that effect. Nero fiddled. SRB played cornhole.

— Rational Bassist ❄️ (@RationalBassist) May 26, 2015

Oh, and it gets worse with charges that she only cares about the wealthy areas of Baltimore:

To @MayorSRB, this scene is the only Baltimore she truly cares about. The only one that really matters. Where her entire focus is.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

THIS is where @MayorSRB is most comfortable. She doesn't want to be the mayor of Park Heights, Edmondson Village or Cherry Hill.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

MacArthur is also not happy that the mayor didn’t address the issue herself, instead relying on a statement from a “paid flak”:

A spokesman for @MayorSRB said she is "disheartened and frustrated particularly when you think about the progress that the city has made."

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

So no, @MayorSRB hasn't actually addressed anything. A paid flak wrote up a memo. That's the best we get. Telling.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

Every time there was some slight statistical dip in violence, without any underlaying factors changing, these people celebrated.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

Baltimore is now reaping the bitter harvest of sour seeds long sown. These people allowed things to get this way. Could have been different.

— MacArthur For Baltimore (@BaltoSpectator) May 26, 2015

Yep.

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