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Baltimore mayor inflammatory

Sat., May 2, 2015

If anyone is wondering why the riots occurred in Baltimore, one only has to listen to a news conference given by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, on April 26, a day before the riots. She was talking about making sure the police gave the protesters a chance to exercise their right to free speech.

During the news conference she went on to say, “We gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” And what is odd, I did not find any coverage of this stupid statement when I watched the local and national evening news the day of the riots. Why am I am not surprised?

Tom Stanton

Deer Park

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