04-28-2015, 10:29 AM
It was a terribly worded statement by the Mayor, I agree. Especially when taken out of context, which is what a lot of the ultra conservative pundits did.
When I listened to her press conference, I didn't think she was condoning destruction at all. Rather, she was lamenting that providing space for some (peaceful) without police intervention also unfortunately meant leaving space for others (destructive).
This clarification was issued by her office yesterday.
“What she is saying within this statement was that there was an effort to give the peaceful demonstrators room to conduct their peaceful protests on Saturday. Unfortunately, as a result of providing the peaceful demonstrators with the space to share their message, that also meant that those seeking to incite violence also had the space to operate. The police sought to balance the rights of the peaceful demonstrators against the need to step in against those who were seeking to create violence.
The mayor is not saying that she asked police to give space to people who sought to create violence. Any suggestion otherwise would be a misinterpretation of her statement.”
There's a video of her making the statement in the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articl...ched-quote
When I listened to her press conference, I didn't think she was condoning destruction at all. Rather, she was lamenting that providing space for some (peaceful) without police intervention also unfortunately meant leaving space for others (destructive).
This clarification was issued by her office yesterday.
“What she is saying within this statement was that there was an effort to give the peaceful demonstrators room to conduct their peaceful protests on Saturday. Unfortunately, as a result of providing the peaceful demonstrators with the space to share their message, that also meant that those seeking to incite violence also had the space to operate. The police sought to balance the rights of the peaceful demonstrators against the need to step in against those who were seeking to create violence.
The mayor is not saying that she asked police to give space to people who sought to create violence. Any suggestion otherwise would be a misinterpretation of her statement.”
There's a video of her making the statement in the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articl...ched-quote