Fox: Baltimore Mayor Ordered Police To Stand Down During Riots: ‘It’s Only Property’

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Fox: Baltimore Mayor Ordered Police To Stand Down During Riots: ‘It’s Only Property’

 

Brian Carey 
April 29, 2015

Fox News is reporting that the mayor of Baltimore ordered the police force to stand down while lawless thugs were destroying her city.



Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the dingbat who’s running the show in Baltimore right now. That’s why the city is in chaos.

Fox correspondent Leland Vittert, who has done God’s work in that city since jackasses started burning and looting under the pretense that they actually care about what happened to Freddie Gray, reported to the gang at The Five tonight that a senior law enforcement officer told him that they had orders directly from the dingbat herself to “stand down.”
 

According to one source, the mayor’s direct quote was “let them loot; it’s only property.”

Tell that to the people who need their prescriptions filled at that burning CVS.

The dingbat has a history of dingbattiness since this mess began. She once said that she “gave those who wished to destroy space to do that.”

Just today, she apologized for describing the rioting thugs as “thugs.” No word yet on whether she called them “bleep” as one Baltimore councilman suggested.

http://downtrend.com/brian-carey/fox-baltimore-mayor-ordered-police-to-stand-down-during-riots-its-only-property

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Too bad it wasn't his property.

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http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/sheriff-michael-lewis-on-the-stand-down-orders-given-to-city-officers/

BALTIMORE (CBS BALTIMORE) — A Maryland sheriff who traveled to Baltimore to help law enforcement stop Monday’s riots told 105.7 The Fan that he was stunned when officers alerted him of the orders to stand down.

Michael Lewis is the Sheriff in Wicomico County, and was also a Sergeant with the Maryland State Police. He joined Ed Norris and Steve Davis on Thursday to talk about the alleged controversial orders the police were given during the riots.

Lewis said it wasn’t his intention to come to Baltimore, a drive of about two hours, but he felt it was his duty to help.

“I hadn’t planned to go to Baltimore at all. I watched the events unfold Saturday night like we all did, and was very concerned about what I saw, and the the lack of response Saturday night,” he said. “I immediately rallied up the troops. We made sure our MRAP was prepared and ready. … We were assigned to assigned to protect Baltimore City Police headquarters, all of E. Fayette Street up to City Hall, to include City Hall. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity taking place at all. We could smell that putrid smell of burning tires and a city on fire when as we came into the city. Had lots of concerns like everyone else. We maintained our post all night long until we were relieved.”

But what shocked him the most, he said, was when city police told him not to confront and accost the rioters.

“I was sick to my stomach like everybody else. … This was urban warfare, no question about it. They were coming in absolutely beaten down. The [city officers] got out of their vehicles, thanked us profusely for being there, apologized to us for having to be there. They said we could have handled this, we were very capable of handling this, but we were told to stand down, repeatedly told to stand down,” he said. “I had never heard that order come from anyone — we went right out to our posts as soon as we got there, so I never heard the mayor say that. But repeatedly these guys, and there were many high-ranking officials from the Baltimore City Police Department … and these guys told me they were essentially neutered from the start. They were spayed from the start. They were told to stand down, you will not take any action, let them destroy property. I couldn’t believe it, I’m a 31-year veteran of law enforcement. … I had never heard anything like this before in my life and these guys obviously aren’t gonna speak out and the more I thought about this, … I had to say a few things. I apologize if I’ve upset people, but I believe in saying it like it is.”

Lewis said though he didn’t hear the order to stand down come from the mayor, he did hear it from police officials.

“I heard it myself over the Baltimore City police radio that I had tethered to my body-armor vest, I heard it repeatedly. ‘Stand down, stand down, stand down! Back up, back up, retreat, retreat!’ I

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The thugs were given "a place to destroy".
per Baltimore mayor

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore-unrest/mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-under-fire-giving-space-destroy-baltimore-n349656

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The thugs were given "a place to destroy".
per Baltimore mayor

I live in a small town. I mean small...winter, 23 people live here. Yesterday at the community center "a place to destroy" topic came up.    I got a reply, she never said that.

  Oh haven't you received the memo evadR2???? thugs is the new N word. Racist man....totally racist of you.............                          

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I live in a small town. I mean small...winter, 23 people live here. Yesterday at the community center "a place to destroy" topic came up.    I got a reply, she never said that.

  Oh haven't you received the memo evadR2???? thugs is the new N word. Racist man....totally racist of you.............                          

heh..misguided yutes.

And she did say those exact words, they have a video of it.

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heh..misguided yutes.

And she did say those exact words, they have a video of it.

I know she did. I watched the live presser, I almost feel out of my chair when I heard her say that.  Also Megan Kelly the night of the riots on her 9pm show replayed it over and over again along with the mayors lie she didn't say it.

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I know she did. I watched the live presser, I almost feel out of my chair when I heard her say that.  Also Megan Kelly the night of the riots on her 9pm show replayed it over and over again along with the mayors lie she didn't say it.

heh..waiting for the "clarification"..is is...and all that.