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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMorning Joe Has Some Brutal Words for Baltimore Mayor
After the smoke cleared from the Baltimore riots Tuesday morning, the Morning Joe crew was left unimpressed with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, whom they said might not be up to the task of calming a city angry over the police death of Freddie Gray.
Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski called out Rawlings-Blake for her statement over the weekend that protesters needed space to destroy, which she has since said was taken out of context:
I want to clarify some remarks being taken out of context: I did not instruct police to give space to protesters seeking to create violence
Mayor Rawlings-Blake (@MayorSRB) April 27, 2015
Shes accusing the media and another critics of taking the line about giving those who we shall to destroy space to do that out of context, Brzezinski said. I dont know how you can take that out of context. Its just something she shouldnt have said.
But Scarborough said the worse crime was Rawlings-Blakes veto of a bill from the City Council calling for body cameras on cops, saying a study needed to be done. The lack of cameras is one of the reasons no one has any idea yet how Grays spine became virtually severed during a ride in a police van.
This mayor made sure she vetoed that bill, that the City Council told her we have to pass or really bad things are going to happen in Baltimore, Scarborough said. City Council was right.
This is not entirely accurate. Rawlings-Blake openly supported the national call for body cameras, and objected at the time to the City Councils authority to impose a department-wide mandate on police.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-has-some-brutal-words-for-baltimore-mayor/
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Morning Joe Has Some Brutal Words for Baltimore Mayor (Original Post)
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
I Don't Think A Cop With A Body Camera Would Have Sat In The Back Of That Van With Mr. Gray While...
global1
Apr 2015
#2
Scarborough is a grandstanding chump dribbling out RW pap like an infant regurgitating chunks of milk
FSogol
Apr 2015
#5
I saw it. Those two focused on the mayor, repeatedly suggesting how she 'created space'
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#6
spanone
(135,844 posts)1. i will never listen to his commentary...
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)3. I don't even get MSNBC, but MJ was hightlighted on mediaite
and Mika's sycophancy was particularly blatant, so I brought it over here.
global1
(25,253 posts)2. I Don't Think A Cop With A Body Camera Would Have Sat In The Back Of That Van With Mr. Gray While...
he was being given a 'rough ride' in order to document it.
Mentioned above by Joe:
"The lack of cameras is one of the reasons no one has any idea yet how Grays spine became virtually severed during a ride in a police van."
Get my drift - Joe - huh????
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)4. This is why I no longer have cable TV.
Just internet. Cable "news" is such shite.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)5. Scarborough is a grandstanding chump dribbling out RW pap like an infant regurgitating chunks of milk
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)6. I saw it. Those two focused on the mayor, repeatedly suggesting how she 'created space'
twisted to mean for rioting. Also how she delayed on the issuance of police body cams, so she's a 'villain'. Yet little to nothing about the young man initially killed that I saw. Don't usually watch this RW show, and won't again.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)7. Anyone with half a brain, and even Mika, knew what the Mayor meant.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)8. Killer Joe has the answers
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)9. I knew Morning Joe was the one to heal the city
alp227
(32,034 posts)10. The full comments. Fusion debunked this right wing narrative about the mayor.
http://fusion.net/story/126587/the-odd-tactic-of-giving-baltimore-protesters-space-to-destroy-property/
She didn't ADVOCATE destroying. Another city official clarifies:
Ive 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. Its a very delicate balancing act, because, while we tried to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other things that were going on, we also (as a result) 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 deescalate, and thats what you saw.
She didn't ADVOCATE destroying. Another city official clarifies:
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.