I heard an interesting take this morning on this entire situation.

The Black community is outraged at all the "white people."

BUT....

We have a Black President, had two Black Attorney Generals, an Iranian Chief of Staff, a Black Woman Mayor of Baltimore, a Black Baltimore Police chief, a Black Baltimore Police Commissioner and somehow this is the fault of the white people?

Please explain that one to me.

The Baltimore Mayor just placed liability for the damages to citizens and business private property on the city. She should be criminally charged.

I listened carefully to her entire speech, and this is what I took away from it: when you try to make room for an emotionally distraught community to gather in peaceful assembly and express their feelings and opinions, you also open the door for thugs to abuse the security restraints to destroy and loot. I didn't hear anything like an invitation to riot, loot, or destroy, as has been depicted in the media. Maybe she could have spoken a little more at length, or promised accountability for anyone caught doing the destructive actions, but most of the time these press speeches are somewhat extemporaneous (maybe the Prez should have loaned her his teleprompter). Judge not, I always have to remind myself.

The governor of Maryland has also taken flak for not immediately sending in the National Guard, but there is a hierarchy of authority, and he wanted to give the mayor a chance to get things under control. Once it was clear to the mayor that things weren't going to calm down easily, she called the governor for the Guard, and he immediately responded.

Liberal governance has pretty much destroyed the moral social structures in Maryland, and we're seeing the result. Both the mayor and the governor are new in their positions, so let's see how they handle the planning for trying to correct the mess.

Next time she should let them destroy her house and their own houses. I promise not to bail them out.

Well, clearly if I had a business that had been damaged by the riot, I'd be looking into suing the city for facilitating the damage.

What is wrong with people. The inmates are taking control of the asylum.

I wonder i f the alphabet media will report on this more than just a passing comment.

IF the protesters had jobs they wouldn't be protesters would they. the problem is so deep as it goes back several generations of the government interfering with the education of the youth. the politicians like this mayor are as uneducated as the protesters. they like their jobs and do not want to make waves. will you be surprised when these protests or actual riots start popping up all over the country; you shouldn't be. the number of people not working mostly by choice since the government gives them money not to work is out numbering those who do work so they have nothing better to do with their time so they join the rioter activists because they know they will not be penalized i.e. arrested. at the conclusion of Leonard Peikoff's book the DIM he suggests we have about 40 years before we die as a nation, i basically told him i am of the opinion we have 20 years he did not disagree. I am not so sure we have 20 years.

Well! Here we are again! Give a Democrat enough room to do something completely idiotic and they will not fail to perform!! Stupid is as stupid does and this mayoral bozo is the epitome of stupid.....

After both the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore have spent decades trying to make sure that law abiding citizens are disarmed.

Watching the results of her leadership live, right now...the results are disgusting on several levels. Protection of an individual's life and property are not a priority.

they need to change the picture next to the definition of "Idiot" in the dictionary, we have a new front runner.

If I were a cop and saw "protesters" destroying property, anywhere, the only "space" I'd give them would be a piece of ground about six feet by three.

I really believe the law needs to be changed to let property owners defend what is theirs with deadly force. Property is that important.

Posted by $ mdk2608 0 minutes ago


Just watching this mayor on television tells me she is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Black President, 2 black attorney generals, a black chief of police should remind us that the liberal agenda is failing us. Simply going black is not the answer. It should also remind us that it is not about the color of our skin but the content of our character and our individual philosophy about life politically and morally. The liberal leftist agenda is destroying America from within.

I saw another video where she said she did not say that, she said they were taking her words out of context. Is it possible she just made a gross blunder? I think her heart is actually in the right place, her fault is that she's a politician and occasionally makes stupid statements.

Watching the video at the link, Mr. Jason Downs had the best message, more leaders need to follow his lead, precise, to the point, and short. The minister also had a good message but came across too much as a just another speech, and way too long for any of the thugs to understand. The solution to stop these riots and property destruction will have to come from the black leaders. Where are they? It's unfortunate there are not enough of them willing to take a stand and to make a difference. The only one's that are willing are the agitators, the Sharpton's and his followers.

They are trying to control this problem using our current administrations methods that are proven every day that they just don't work. Criminals need to be held accountable for their crimes, and that's the only thing that will resolve the crime. If there were no crime, there would be limited use for the police. It's almost funny how we pay them to do a job, them we tell them not to do it. Has anyone felt that these riots seems to have increase somewhat since we hired this president, or is it just that the media reports more of it?

"...did our very best to de-escalate;" How'd that work out for you Madam Mayor? Talk about a lack of judgment! It's pretty obvious that she can't tell the difference between the exercise of free speech and the willful allowance of rioting.

This is a pure case of ideology over governing. This is clearly I'm black they are black and we are oppressed. If ANY minority believes that they are oppressed it is "self oppression". All people need to do is read, research and educate themselves. And the BS that the opportunity doesn't exist is just BS. It is those that say they are oppressed who need to get up off their lazy asses and do something. Apply for the programs that will give them an education so they can remove themselves from the Gov't plantation. After all the only difference today is who owns that plantation.

There is a poetic justice to this happening in Baltimore... Obama wasted no time dispatching the White House staff & cabinet to 'feel the pain' in Ferguson, which you know they regarded as backward flyover country and expected a bunch of redneck hicks... and treated them as such...

Now the shoe is on the other foot... 40 miles from DC, in the bastion of leftist politics, black mayor, black police chief, and a 30 minute drive from the White House. Why isn't Holter & Al Sharpton flocking out there to stand up to 'oppression' of the black folk? They haven't even posted the picture of the cops involved on TV? (Code-word for that is that they were probably all black and doesn't fit the narrative). The Ferguson cop's face was plastered everywhere nationwide within hours and he will never work again...

The government is now reaping the results of what they have sowed- the entitlement philosophy that they have given to the black culture. Give us what we want, OR we will riot. I am happy I dont live there, but unfortunately a lot of places in this country are infected with this now.

So -- will the insurance companies paying the claims for the damages wrought by the rioters subrogate against the city on the grounds of dereliction of duty to protect the properties?

Not to belittle the shame of someone fatally injured in police custody (I have no idea what happened to the guy), I agree with AJAshinoff... she just bought the cost of the damages to all those businesses, homes, and personal property on behalf of the taxpayers of the City of Baltimore.

Here's the reality, the business owners are going to collect insurance, the insurance companies will seek recompense from the city (and rightfully so), and those businesses will NEVER rebuild.

It was the worst possible choice of words. Whether she meant them as they sounded, or not, she is no longer qualified to serve as Mayor. She should resign now, and let a Mayor come in from the outside. And I've got just the guy...

Remind me not to stop in Baltimore when I go on vacation this summer.

Another interesting little tidbit: For any who watched the Firewall (Bill Whittle) episode about gun-happy America, Baltimore is on the list of most violent cities in the US...

Small wonder things like this go on.

check out the video down and to the right of this article: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27...
unbelievable. MRAP in action-although they only bag one suspect