They're Not Thugs, They're Freedom Fighters

April 28, 201
Baltimore riots mark city's tourism suicide note
"I wanted to give space to those who wished to destroy." That is how Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake described her policy which effectively told police to stand down as hoodlums smashed store windows, looted 7-11s, and forced attendees at a Baltimore Oriole-Boston Red Sox baseball game to remain in the stadium because it wasn't safe outside