Madea date=1430419621 said:
There were 20 injured police officers.
I'm not happy about that, either. But, all things considered, the last thing the Baltimore police needed to do to people protesting, rioting, and looting either because of, or under the guise of, the brutality of the BPD, is to have the BPD hurt and or kill more people.
She either got lucky or had already had dialogue with community leaders prior to Monday night...I read about a similar move by a mayor in NYC some time ago and it blew up in his face...the citizens didn't rally together to make peace and the mayor looked incompetent as more things burned and more stores looted.
mrnn