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The Mess in Baltimore

5/24/2016

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Something clearly went badly wrong last year in Baltimore. On April 12 police arrested 25 year old Freddie Gray. He suffered traumatic injuries while being transported and ultimately died. Clearly one or more police officers did something that caused his injuries. That person or persons should certainly be prosecuted.
Riots broke out. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, said “we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well”. Rioters were allowed to do as they wished while police were held back.
Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby filed felony charges against six officers. It certainly seemed like a rush to judgement and was hard to believe that all six officers committed felonies. The mayor basically declared them guilty by saying there was no place in the city for those engaging in violence, brutality and racism.
The aftermath has not been pretty. Many businesses have been destroyed and homicide rates have skyrocketed. So far there have been two trials resulting in a hung jury and an acquittal. Hopefully there will be no further violence.
This should be a lesson to other mayors and prosecutors. A city is done irreparable harm if its public officials pander to mobs.

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    Hi! My name is Dave. I'm in my 60s and live in Indiana. I'll write about whatever is on my mind but most posts will be political. I'm a centrist who thinks both sides are on the wrong path.

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At long last this idiotic shutdown is over. Hopefully cooler heads prevail and it doesn’t start up again.

The real story is that 800,000 government workers are back on the job and many millions of people are no longer inconvenienced.

Unfortunately, that is not the story we are hearing in the media. Their story is about how Speaker Pelosi beat President Trump. He got himself into this mess. She decided that all that mattered was winning. The harm done to the people involved was of no concern whatsoever. A good leader puts the good of the people over political gamesmanship,

it would be nice to think that both people have learned their lesson and will try to do what is best for the
country. I sure wouldn’t bet on it.
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