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OBAMA AND MAYOR FIDDLE WHILE BALTIMORE BURNS
Patriots you would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to have heard about the riots and fires in Baltimore. It supposedly started with the death of Freddie Gray. It appears Mr. Gray was injured after running from police. We still haven’t obtained a report of what happened to Mr. Gray to cause his death. We definitely support justice if it is found these police are found guilty of mishandling this situation and maybe responsible for his death. We need to at least wait for the reports before we fly off the handle.
Now people, primarily minorities are protesting and rioting with reckless abandon. A great deal of this problem has been propagated by the policies of the liberal politicians in charge. Case in point Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made the following statement “While we tried to make sure (protestors) were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those that wished to destroy, space to do that as well,”. Now she is walking that back because critics (correctly) stated her policies just propagated the riots and wanton destruction of private property. She should have allowed the rioters to go to her neighborhood and riot there. Do you think she might have a change of heart if her neighborhood was being ravaged by rioters?
Mayor Rawlings-Blake also told police to basically stand down and not to pursue rioters when they steal and throw bricks. A better policy that has been promoted and used by Rudy Giuliani (Former mayor of New York City) was when perpetrators threw bricks, broke windows or set fires they would be immediately arrested well before an actual riot ensued. During his tenure as Mayor of New York City he never had any riots (per Fox News 3/29/15).His policies ( conservative) are quite a contrast to the (liberal) policies of Mayor Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore.
My reference to President Obama in this matter refers back to typical liberal-leftist doctrine, when he said that the police should show restraint when dealing with the rioters. Obviously this just encourages the rioters on and justifies their grievances. By the way a point which also ties back in with Obama is these cities Ferguson; Baltimore etc. have been ruled by liberal democrats for up to 40 years. If the rioters have a beef with their local government and national government they need to quit voting democrats into office.
The Minuteman’s reference to Obama and the Mayor fiddling while Baltimore burns is a metaphorical juxtaposition of the Roman emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned in 64AD. The Minuteman thought it a notable reference to another tyrannical emperor who watched with indifference while his cities burned.