The great luxury of being a “progressive” Democrat in America today is the self-granted privilege of re-writing history to suit your needs.
Enter Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who now has a whole different take on the riots that engulfed her city following the death of Freddie Gray.
Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton posted a video on social media of Rawlings-Blake defending her leadership as mayor, saying that “we were able to control the unrest and riots to a few hours on one day.”
MayorSRB on riots "lasting only a few hrs": "There's a lot of cities that would love to have that record" pic.twitter.com/zP4LCYGd8c
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) July 19, 2015
“There are a lot of cities that would love to have that record,” she added.
But that’s not what happened. The worst of the riots occurred on Monday, April 27, 2015, in part because Rawlings-Blake, in the quest to give rioters “space to destroy,” ordered police to stand down. But violent unrest had already been occurring.
There’s a now-iconic photograph of a young black man standing on top of a police vehicle, smashing the windshield with a cone — this occurred on Saturday, May 25.
The mayor also seems to overlook that the National Guard rolled into her city on Tuesday and that a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew went into effect.
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A curfew that Rawlings-Blake announced on Monday, before the rioting later that evening, but for some reason delayed the implementation of until the next day.
The reaction on social media seemed to center on one observation: “How is this woman still in office in Baltimore?”
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
And if now admitting things were under control in a few hours, how does this justify a week long curfew??? @justin_fenton
— Gen. MacArthur (@BaltoSpectator) July 19, 2015
@BaltoSpectator @maxharlanwhite @justin_fenton The riot wasn’t localized. Nearly 400 businesses wrecked, 61 structure fires, and >150 cars.
— William Washington (@Wiwas1) July 19, 2015
.@justin_fenton “A few hours”? Along with being crazy, MayorSRB is also wrong. Riots began at 4:44pm on 4/27. When would you say over?
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) July 19, 2015
“@justin_fenton: like Baghdad? MayorSRB on riots “lasting only a few hrs”: “There’s a lot of cities that would love to have that record”
— Charmcitycop (@charmcitycop) July 19, 2015
@justin_fenton MayorSRB #BMore is tired of hearing SRB’S denial and defensive whinning. #SuckItUpLikeARealMayor!
— Lee Raskin (@leeraskin356) July 19, 2015
@justin_fenton How is this woman still in Office in Baltimore
— #Ravens #Hype (@RavensHypeMan) July 19, 2015
@justin_fenton “OK let me watch the video it must be different in context HOLY CRAP THAT’S TOTALLY WHAT SHE MEANT”
— Nelson Vasconcelos (@nvasconcelos) July 19, 2015
@justin_fenton I’ve never seen such incompetence spend so much time patting herself on the back – oh wait, yes I have. @MarilynMosbyEsq
— linda (@HotNostrilsrFun) July 19, 2015
@tiarrabanks1 @justin_fenton @MarilynMosbyEsq She kicks off & provides space to riot, then brags it didn’t last for days? SMFH
— linda (@HotNostrilsrFun) July 19, 2015
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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