Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Blame Game Starts Now

Baltimore: Mayor vs Governor On Policing

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
By Paul Schwartzman and Ovetta Wiggins, Apr. 28, 2015, Washington Post

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday sought to take command of the simmering aftermath of Baltimore’s riots, planting himself in the city and vowing that National Guard troops and police would not tolerate any more chaos.

Yet the governor’s capacity to control a freewheeling crisis remained tenuous, as people threw rocks and bottles and police in riot gear braced for confrontations past a 10 p.m. emergency curfew.

The hostility directed at both the police and the state’s political establishment also ensnared Martin O’Malley, the former governor and potential presidential contender. As he toured the city, O’Malley (D) was heckled over the zero-tolerance police strategy he imposed when he was Baltimore’s mayor.


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