<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Keeping-the-message-alive-from-Marx-to-Rawlings-Blake.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-8342 size-large" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Keeping-the-message-alive-from-Marx-to-Rawlings-Blake-1024x574.jpg" alt="Keeping the message alive from Marx to Rawlings-Blake" width="1024" height="574" /></a>By Rick Manning</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I wanted to give space to those who wished to destroy.” That is how Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake <a href="https://west.exch028.serverdata.net/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=HKKReBDweEZ1Ten-LzVXH9HaoUcRillqqw9rF8t1zCdGJTFnfE_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.&;URL=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv2%2furl%3fu%3dhttp-3A__dailycaller.com_2015_04_26_baltimore-2Dmayor-2Di-2Dwanted-2Dto-2Dgive-2Dspace-2Dto-2Dthose-2Dwho-2Dwished-2Dto-2Ddestroy-2Dvideo_%26d%3dBQMF-g%26c%3dcnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ%26r%3dkaAUPcZhpO1MvBc6jwa0VBiGZWXka6ART1tFuyQjLfc%26m%3dxNLXVZCtELuECgls4SOhtvAKQBcifV8PSxOEUqaFi30%26s%3dRGtNl9sXMNEE4GjdNFwjVmWdQrCOgb00tu83-YdSips%26e%3d"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">described her policy</span></u></a> which effectively told police to stand down as hoodlums smashed store windows, looted 7-11s, and forced attendees at a Baltimore Oriole-Boston Red Sox baseball game to remain in the stadium because it wasn’t safe outside.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The resulting violence escalated as flyers were distributed describing how the city was going to have a “purge” styled after the movie of the same name where all laws were suspended for one night. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On Monday alone, seven police officers were injured with one reportedly “unresponsive.” Looting occurred in broad daylight with cars being torched, and bottles, rocks, and other large objects being hurled at officers at close range.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jumbotron.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8362" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jumbotron-300x178.jpg" alt="jumbotron" width="300" height="178" /></a>It all started on Saturday night when protests turned to violent riots in the area of the tourist-heavy Inner Harbor area. Matt Boyle, a reporter for Breitbart News ended up being in the perimeter of the melee while going to attend a ballgame between the Boston Red Sox and the hometown Orioles. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Boyle’s live tweets of his observations of the mayhem described a dangerous, out-of-control situation that made him fear for his safety. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Boyle’s <a href="https://west.exch028.serverdata.net/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=R4m475LW5BSi9HkugEVk39ALODtHTFGS84Df4YnxnOZGJTFnfE_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&;URL=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv2%2furl%3fu%3dhttp-3A__www.breitbart.com_big-2Dgovernment_2015_04_25_war-2Dzone-2Dbaltimore-2Derupts-2Dinto-2Dviolence-2Dchaos-2Das-2Dblacklivesmatter-2Driots-2Drage_%26d%3dBQMF-g%26c%3dcnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ%26r%3dkaAUPcZhpO1MvBc6jwa0VBiGZWXka6ART1tFuyQjLfc%26m%3dxNLXVZCtELuECgls4SOhtvAKQBcifV8PSxOEUqaFi30%26s%3dvc2V6-TpOy3Y6o-F70aJXM44rttqIg_AmIrdNvvklws%26e%3d"><u><span style="color: #0066cc;">later report</span></u></a> described police standing passively by while a family trying to drive through the streets by Camden Yards found their car surrounded, windows smashed, and the passenger door pried open with a female passenger screaming in terror as the police observed. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fortunately, the attackers realized they were separated from the pack and chose to discontinue their assault without doing further harm.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The thin veneer of safety that is required for outsiders to venture into a place as a tourist was shredded by Mayor Rawlings-Blake’s pronouncement that her citizens lives and property were not worth protecting from a violent mob. A mob set loose under the guise of protesting the tragic death of a black man at the hands of Baltimore police, which decided that they were going to attack Camden Yards, destroy businesses, and threaten lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Inner Harbor in Baltimore is the jewel of the Charm City’s attempt at rejuvenation and has been a vibrant tourist destination for more than twenty years. Orioles Park at Camden Yards is renowned as one of the most beautiful in the major leagues and has become a preferred travel destination for visiting fans. Just down the street, Baltimore Arena stages top-level plays like <em>Wicked</em>, along with concerts and other events that draw tourist dollars to the city.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rawlings-Blake’s decision puts a knife to the throats of these sites as tourist destinations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What’s perhaps even worse is that the mayor’s “giving space to those who wished to destroy” legitimized the actions of the rioters and encouraged an escalation, effectively telling rioter and police officer alike that the city does not have either law enforcement’s or the law-abiding citizens’ backs as the confrontation continues to grow. When the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect the people and property of a community know that their elected boss believes that the lawbreakers are justified in creating mayhem, it destroys the resolve to provide that security. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When the people know that the police have been told to stand down anarchy is sure to follow, and the law-abiding lock their doors and imprison themselves while the lawless run free. And when tourists or those who live outside a city feel that it is unsafe to enjoy the entertainment provided in that town, they stay away.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While each of us can pray that sanity is restored to the streets of Maryland’s largest city, it is not hard to see the damage that has been done to an economy that was resurrected by the tourist destinations on Baltimore’s Chesapeake Bay harbor. Tourist destinations that just may be tainted for the foreseeable future with the devastating reputation of being unsafe.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>The author is president of Americans for Limited Government and a resident of Maryland.</em></span><br />
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8362 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-01 00:54:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jumbotron-505x361.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8362 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8355 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:23:59"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-riots-police-line-429x307.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8355 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8354 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:21:51"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-riots-on-Monday-April-27-2015-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8354 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8353 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 17:20:37"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/National-Guard-troops-roll-into-Baltimore-City-Md.-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8353 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8351 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:57:26"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Carroll-County-Sheriffs-Deputies-keeping-thugs-under-control-in-Baltimore-City-540x385.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8351 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8349 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:30:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A-kid-who-has-been-raised-properly1-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8349 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8342 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 14:53:34"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Keeping-the-message-alive-from-Marx-to-Rawlings-Blake-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8342 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8302 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:08:15"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Thugs-take-a-spring-break-on-police-car-in-Baltimore-478x342.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8302 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8300 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:05:36"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Mayor-Bozo-Baltimore-Sun-photo-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8300 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8286 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 00:39:09"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-fire-at-Gay-and-Federal-Streets-560x400.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8286 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8285 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 00:36:58"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-destroyed-by-thugs-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8285 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8299 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:03:50"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-Police-Commissioner-Batts-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8299 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8341 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 14:51:39"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Mayors-behaving-stupidly-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8341 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8484 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-08 03:00:07"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baltimore-City-States-Attorney-Marilyn-Mosby-announces-charges-against-officers1-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8484 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">All because a Mayor provided a not-so-subtle okay to the street criminals to destroy not only the city’s buildings, but also its good name and ripped the fabric of civilization and the illusion of security it provides. After all, who is going to spend a hot summer evening watching the Orioles play the Milwaukee Brewers if they know that they take their lives in their hands just walking to their cars to get home?</div></div></li>
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